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Merton town, Waukesha County, WI

8,278 Population
24.4 square miles 338.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 43.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$59,425 ±$5,117 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Waukesha County: $58,126 ±$1,354
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$119,297 ±$8,432 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $106,076 ±$1,512
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

2.6% ±1% (217  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 5.2% 21,331 (±0.3% / ±1,339)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)

23.6 minutes ±2.4 (82,890  ±10,929) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 22.6 4,064,495 (±0.2 / ±61,845)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

3,213 ±202 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 168,658 ±701
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.6 ±0.2 (8,278  ±87) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 407,547 (±0 / ±91)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

4.8% ±3.6% (75  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 4.4% † 3,743 (±0.6% / ±476)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

3,445 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 175,591 ±121
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$496,600 ±$27,233 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $398,200 ±$3,967
  • nearly double the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051

4.4% ±2.1% (365  ±170.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 9.3% 38,112 (±0.5% / ±2,151)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

97.9% ±5.7% (5,894  ±414.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 97.2% 286,784 (±1.2% / ±3,495)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
48.8% ±4.6% (2,940  ±301.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 48.9% 144,217 (±0.8% / ±2,329.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)

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

2.4% ±0.9% (201  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 22,683
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

5.3% ±1.5% (343  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 17,996 (±0.3% / ±905)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
343 Total veterans ±95 323 Male ±89 20 Female ±19

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