Klamath Falls vs Merrill

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

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

Klamath Falls has the higher population (21,879 vs 985 in Merrill). Merrill has the higher median household income ($50,469 vs $47,268 in Klamath Falls). Klamath Falls has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $172,900 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
Population	21,879	985
Median age	35.7 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,268	$50,469
Median home value	$257,400	$172,900
Median gross rent	$962	$789
Housing units	9,947	340
Homeownership rate	48.2%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
Population	21,335 → 21,879 (+2.5%)	784 → 985 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$41,444 → $47,268 (+14.1%)	$45,625 → $50,469 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$159,500 → $257,400 (+61.4%)	$99,000 → $172,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $962 (+25.8%)	$632 → $789 (+24.8%)

Klamath Falls

Population

21,33521,879

Median household income

$41,444$47,268

Median home value

$159,500$257,400

Median gross rent

$765$962

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)

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
Under 5	5.0%	16.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.8%
75 and over	5.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	48.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	1.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
No high school diploma	12.1%	19.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
Drove alone	77.8%	91.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
1-unit, detached	64.8%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	10.6%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Klamath Falls	Merrill
Poverty rate	23.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1965	1956