Malin vs Merrill

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

Malin 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 739 in Malin). Malin has the higher median household income ($53,144 vs $50,469 in Merrill). Malin has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $172,900 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Malin	Merrill
Population	739	985
Median age	28.6 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,144	$50,469
Median home value	$183,300	$172,900
Median gross rent	$875	$789
Housing units	228	340
Homeownership rate	66.3%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malin	Merrill
Population	899 → 739 (-17.8%)	784 → 985 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$56,607 → $53,144 (-6.1%)	$45,625 → $50,469 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $183,300 (+71.1%)	$99,000 → $172,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $875 (+36.1%)	$632 → $789 (+24.8%)

Malin

Population

899739

Median household income

$56,607$53,144

Median home value

$107,100$183,300

Median gross rent

$643$875

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)

	Malin	Merrill
Under 5	14.5%	16.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.8%
75 and over	0.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malin	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	48.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	73.5%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malin	Merrill
No high school diploma	16.7%	19.3%
High school graduate	46.3%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malin	Merrill
Drove alone	88.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.3%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malin	Merrill
1-unit, detached	68.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Malin	Merrill
Poverty rate	24.9%	15.7%
Average household size	3.71	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1973	1956