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Population (year 2000): 342. Estimated
population in July 2005: 330 (-3.5% change)
Males: 153 (44.7%), Females: 189 (55.3%)
Mercer County
Zip code:
64661
Median resident age: 43.5 years
Median household income: $23,906 (year 2000)
Median house value: $25,400 (year 2000)
Races in Mercer:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (19.3%), Irish
(12.3%), German (7.3%), English (4.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%),
French (2.0%).
Elevation: 1074 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mercer
- High school or higher: 67.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mercer town
- Never married: 21.5%
- Now married: 51.3%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 14.9%
- Divorced: 8.9%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +44 (+14.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mercer:
- DECATUR COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; LEON, IA)
- WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; CORYDON, IA)
- WRIGHT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; TRENTON,
MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mercer:
- DES MOINES INTL (about 71 miles; DES MOINES, IA; ID:
DSM)
- KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL (about 75 miles; KIRKSVILLE, MO;
ID: IRK)
- OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL (about 86 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; ID:
OTM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mercer:
- PRINCETON-KAUFFMAN MEMORIAL (about 8 miles;
PRINCETON, MO; ID: 7MO)
- CORYDON (about 27 miles; CORYDON, IA; ID: 0E9)
- LAMONI MUNI (about 27 miles; LAMONI, IA; ID: LWD)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mercer:
- GRACELAND UNIVERSITY-LAMONI (about 31 miles; LAMONI,
IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,026)
- TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; KIRKSVILLE,
MO; FT enrollment: 5,922)
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; DES MOINES, IA; FT
enrollment: 4,227)
- DES MOINES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles;
ANKENY, IA; FT enrollment: 6,959)
- INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles;
OTTUMWA, IA; FT enrollment: 2,744)
- NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles;
MARYVILLE, MO; FT enrollment: 5,620)
- MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE (about 103 miles; ST
JOSEPH, MO; FT enrollment: 4,329)
Public high school in Mercer:
- MERCER HIGH (Students: 92; Location: 400 MAIN
ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Mercer:
- NORTH MERCER ELEM. (Students: 137; Location:
400 MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 06)
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