Altamont vs Merrill

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Merrill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altamont has the higher population (19,844 vs 985 in Merrill). Altamont has the higher median household income ($56,236 vs $50,469 in Merrill). Altamont has the higher median home value ($222,600 vs $172,900 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Merrill
Population	19,844	985
Median age	36.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,236	$50,469
Median home value	$222,600	$172,900
Median gross rent	$998	$789
Housing units	8,139	340
Homeownership rate	68.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Merrill
Population	19,341 → 19,844 (+2.6%)	784 → 985 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$46,930 → $56,236 (+19.8%)	$45,625 → $50,469 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $222,600 (+41.3%)	$99,000 → $172,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $998 (+26.5%)	$632 → $789 (+24.8%)

Altamont

Population

19,34119,844

Median household income

$46,930$56,236

Median home value

$157,500$222,600

Median gross rent

$789$998

Merrill

Population

784985

Median household income

$45,625$50,469

Median home value

$99,000$172,900

Median gross rent

$632$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Merrill
Under 5	7.5%	16.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.8%
75 and over	8.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	48.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Merrill
No high school diploma	10.6%	19.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Merrill
Drove alone	82.2%	91.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	1.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Merrill
1-unit, detached	71.5%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Merrill
Poverty rate	19.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1971	1956