Bonanza vs Merrill

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

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

Merrill has the higher population (985 vs 550 in Bonanza). Bonanza has the higher median household income ($92,750 vs $50,469 in Merrill). Bonanza has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $172,900 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Bonanza	Merrill
Population	550	985
Median age	56.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,750	$50,469
Median home value	$235,200	$172,900
Median gross rent	$850	$789
Housing units	255	340
Homeownership rate	71.5%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonanza	Merrill
Population	464 → 550 (+18.5%)	784 → 985 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $92,750 (+71.6%)	$45,625 → $50,469 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $235,200 (+47.0%)	$99,000 → $172,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $850 (-2.0%)	$632 → $789 (+24.8%)

Bonanza

Population

464550

Median household income

$54,063$92,750

Median home value

$160,000$235,200

Median gross rent

$867$850

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)

	Bonanza	Merrill
Under 5	2.0%	16.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	2.7%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	25.5%	8.8%
75 and over	12.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonanza	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	48.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonanza	Merrill
No high school diploma	13.6%	19.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonanza	Merrill
Drove alone	89.2%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonanza	Merrill
1-unit, detached	57.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Bonanza	Merrill
Poverty rate	18.7%	15.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1991	1956