Merlin vs O'Brien

A side-by-side comparison of Merlin and O'Brien: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merlin has the higher population (1,355 vs 528 in O'Brien). Merlin has the higher median household income ($66,342 vs $29,141 in O'Brien). Merlin has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $145,900 in O'Brien).

Population, income & housing

	Merlin	O'Brien
Population	1,355	528
Median age	53.2 yrs	70.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,342	$29,141
Median home value	$419,100	$145,900
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	595	320
Homeownership rate	93.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merlin	O'Brien
Population	1,922 → 1,355 (-29.5%)	636 → 528 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$57,157 → $66,342 (+16.1%)	$21,182 → $29,141 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$313,100 → $419,100 (+33.9%)	$188,500 → $145,900 (-22.6%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,090 (+61.0%)	—

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

O'Brien

Population

636528

Median household income

$21,182$29,141

Median home value

$188,500$145,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merlin	O'Brien
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	25.0%
65 to 74	16.3%	55.5%
75 and over	12.9%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merlin	O'Brien
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merlin	O'Brien
No high school diploma	21.2%	19.9%
High school graduate	25.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merlin	O'Brien
Drove alone	93.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merlin	O'Brien
1-unit, detached	74.6%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	69.1%

Poverty & households

	Merlin	O'Brien
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.28	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1990	1974