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Merrimac town, Sauk County, WI

1,075 Population
24.2 square miles 44.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±10 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sauk County: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,427 ±$7,808 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sauk County: $41,246 ±$1,588
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,375 ±$29,239 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sauk County: $79,541 ±$2,340
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±2.3% (45  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Sauk County: 8.1% 5,258 (±0.7% / ±443)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±8 (10,990  ±2,144) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sauk County: 23 704,080 (±0.7 / ±26,874)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

457 ±56 Number of households
  • Sauk County: 27,987 ±334
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (1,075  ±139) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sauk County: 2.3 65,238 (±0 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11% ±7.3% (18  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sauk County: 6.4% † 882 (±1.1% / ±146)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

694 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Sauk County: 31,496 ±62
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$454,500 ±$22,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sauk County: $258,600 ±$5,849
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±4.5% (108  ±49.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sauk County: 9.9% † 6,466 (±1.2% / ±779.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±14% (765  ±75.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sauk County: 92.6% 43,081 (±2.3% / ±1,069.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.2% ±4.5% (317  ±48.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sauk County: 27.4% 12,722 (±1.2% / ±572)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Sauk County: 3.9% 2,570
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.3% (49  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sauk County: 7% 3,590 (±0.7% / ±333)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±20 49 Male ±20 N/A Female ±10

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