Merrick vs Mineola

A side-by-side comparison of Merrick and Mineola: population, income, housing, and more.

Merrick and Mineola are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Merrick has the higher population (21,816 vs 21,082 in Mineola). Merrick has the higher median household income ($179,415 vs $138,385 in Mineola). Merrick has the higher median home value ($715,700 vs $624,300 in Mineola).

Population, income & housing

	Merrick	Mineola
Population	21,816	21,082
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$179,415	$138,385
Median home value	$715,700	$624,300
Median gross rent	$2,756	$2,269
Housing units	7,331	9,004
Homeownership rate	95.9%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrick	Mineola
Population	20,130 → 21,816 (+8.4%)	19,186 → 21,082 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$158,306 → $179,415 (+13.3%)	$100,891 → $138,385 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$573,200 → $715,700 (+24.9%)	$512,800 → $624,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,208 → $2,756 (+24.8%)	$1,759 → $2,269 (+29.0%)

Merrick

Population

20,13021,816

Median household income

$158,306$179,415

Median home value

$573,200$715,700

Median gross rent

$2,208$2,756

Mineola

Population

19,18621,082

Median household income

$100,891$138,385

Median home value

$512,800$624,300

Median gross rent

$1,759$2,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrick	Mineola
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrick	Mineola
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	63.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrick	Mineola
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	15.9%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrick	Mineola
Drove alone	56.4%	55.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.4%
Public transit	15.0%	16.3%
Walked	0.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.5%	15.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrick	Mineola
1-unit, detached	95.7%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	24.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrick	Mineola
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.6%
Average household size	3.00	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1956	1954