Home values, rents and more in Merlin, OR
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Merlin compares
The typical home in Merlin, OR is worth about $473,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Merlin are 22% above the typical value in the Grants Pass metro area ($388,000) and 29% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Merlin rose 0.2%, compared with −0.1% in the Grants Pass metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $71,806, against $60,098 in the Grants Pass metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,617 people live in Merlin (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Merlin has the highest typical home value of the 5 cities in the Grants Pass metro area and the 96th-highest of 252 in Oregon with Zillow figures.
Part of: Josephine County, OR · Grants Pass metro area · Oregon
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.