Grants Pass vs Merlin

A side-by-side comparison of Grants Pass and Merlin: population, income, housing, and more.

Grants Pass and Merlin are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grants Pass has the higher population (39,183 vs 1,355 in Merlin). Merlin has the higher median household income ($66,342 vs $56,877 in Grants Pass). Merlin has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $364,200 in Grants Pass).

Population, income & housing

	Grants Pass	Merlin
Population	39,183	1,355
Median age	40.8 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,877	$66,342
Median home value	$364,200	$419,100
Median gross rent	$1,160	$1,090
Housing units	17,164	595
Homeownership rate	56.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grants Pass	Merlin
Population	37,545 → 39,183 (+4.4%)	1,922 → 1,355 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$44,185 → $56,877 (+28.7%)	$57,157 → $66,342 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $364,200 (+57.1%)	$313,100 → $419,100 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,160 (+24.9%)	$677 → $1,090 (+61.0%)

Grants Pass

Population

37,54539,183

Median household income

$44,185$56,877

Median home value

$231,800$364,200

Median gross rent

$929$1,160

Merlin

Population

1,9221,355

Median household income

$57,157$66,342

Median home value

$313,100$419,100

Median gross rent

$677$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grants Pass	Merlin
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	19.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.3%
75 and over	9.6%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grants Pass	Merlin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grants Pass	Merlin
No high school diploma	9.9%	21.2%
High school graduate	30.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grants Pass	Merlin
Drove alone	74.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grants Pass	Merlin
1-unit, detached	68.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Grants Pass	Merlin
Poverty rate	15.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	36
Median year structure built	1982	1990