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Merrimac town, Sauk County, WI

1,161 Population
24.2 square miles 48 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sauk County: 41.3 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$55,639 ±$6,706 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sauk County: $39,770 ±$1,396
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$116,000 ±$13,135 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sauk County: $77,648 ±$1,981
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

9% ±5.8% (104  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Sauk County: 8.8% 5,690 (±0.9% / ±564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

30.4 minutes ±3.5 (14,150  ±2,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Sauk County: 23.3 720,440 (±0.9 / ±32,482)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

460 ±46 Number of households
  • Sauk County: 27,425 ±374
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.5 ±0.1 (1,161  ±131) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sauk County: 2.4 64,957 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

14.6% ±9.3% (27  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Sauk County: 6.2% † 856 (±1% / ±141)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

688 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Sauk County: 31,091 ±114
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$433,900 ±$25,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sauk County: $242,400 ±$5,962
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

12.8% ±4.5% (145  ±53.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sauk County: 10.8% † 7,001 (±1.3% / ±813.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96.7% ±2.9% (801  ±79.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sauk County: 93.4% 43,189 (±2.5% / ±1,148)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
38.9% ±4.4% (322  ±47.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sauk County: 26.5% 12,256 (±1.3% / ±610.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.6% (10  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sauk County: 3.8% 2,493
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7% ±2.4% (61  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sauk County: 7% 3,578 (±0.6% / ±321)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
61 Total veterans ±22 50 Male ±17 11 Female ±13

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