About Merrill

Merrill is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,534 people and just one neighborhood, Merrill is the 245th largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some towns , Merrill isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Merrill are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Merrill is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Merrill who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.87%), sales jobs (11.28%), and farm management (7.44%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Merrill work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

A relatively large number of people in Merrill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.81% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Merrill is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Merrill really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Merrill perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Merrill is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Merrill isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.01% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Merrill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Merrill Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Merrill is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 15.51% of adults 25 and older in Merrill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Merrill in 2000 was $17,450, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,800 for a family of four.

The people who call Merrill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Merrill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Merrill include German, English, Irish, Dutch, French, Norwegian, and Danish.

The most common language spoken in Merrill is English.