Because of many things, Merrifield 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, Merrifield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Merrifield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Merrifield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Merrifield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Merrifield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Merrifield may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Merrifield spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.96 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Merrifield is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Merrifield 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. 100.00% 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.
Merrifield is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Merrifield citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.13% of adults in Merrifield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Merrifield in 2022 was $29,795, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,180 for a family of four.
The people who call Merrifield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Merrifield residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Merrifield include German, Swedish, Polish, Norwegian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Merrifield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
