Falcon Heights vs Merrill

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

Falcon Heights 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 758 in Falcon Heights). Falcon Heights has the higher median household income ($61,275 vs $50,469 in Merrill). Falcon Heights has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $172,900 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
Population	758	985
Median age	53.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,275	$50,469
Median home value	$181,100	$172,900
Median gross rent	—	$789
Housing units	385	340
Homeownership rate	96.5%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
Population	642 → 758 (+18.1%)	784 → 985 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$63,000 → $61,275 (-2.7%)	$45,625 → $50,469 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $181,100 (+49.4%)	$99,000 → $172,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$632 → $789 (+24.8%)

Falcon Heights

Population

642758

Median household income

$63,000$61,275

Median home value

$121,200$181,100

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)

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
Under 5	0.7%	16.1%
5 to 17	5.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	26.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	31.5%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	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	5.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
No high school diploma	3.3%	19.3%
High school graduate	50.6%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
Drove alone	68.3%	91.1%
Carpooled	28.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	1.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
1-unit, detached	17.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	73.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Falcon Heights	Merrill
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1962	1956