Merlin vs Williams

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

Merlin and Williams 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 1,030 in Williams). Williams has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $66,342 in Merlin). Williams has the higher median home value ($541,400 vs $419,100 in Merlin).

Population, income & housing

	Merlin	Williams
Population	1,355	1,030
Median age	53.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,342	$76,875
Median home value	$419,100	$541,400
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	595	485
Homeownership rate	93.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merlin	Williams
Population	1,922 → 1,355 (-29.5%)	1,390 → 1,030 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$57,157 → $66,342 (+16.1%)	$66,563 → $76,875 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$313,100 → $419,100 (+33.9%)	$317,400 → $541,400 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,090 (+61.0%)	$1,359 → $1,548 (+13.9%)

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

Williams

Population

1,3901,030

Median household income

$66,563$76,875

Median home value

$317,400$541,400

Median gross rent

$1,359$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merlin	Williams
Under 5	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	1.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	17.5%
75 and over	12.9%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merlin	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	94.5%
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%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merlin	Williams
No high school diploma	21.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merlin	Williams
Drove alone	93.6%	9.5%
Carpooled	0.2%	30.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	29.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	31.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merlin	Williams
1-unit, detached	74.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merlin	Williams
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	12
Median year structure built	1990	1990