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Mercer, WI

539 Population
4.5 square miles 121.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iron County: 55.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,936 ±$5,568 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iron County: $35,462 ±$1,412
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$51,528 ±$8,682 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iron County: $59,058 ±$4,004
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

17.7% ±6.3% (91  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 11.6% † 698 (±1.6% / ±98)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

18.2 minutes ±2.8 (4,505  ±1,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iron County: 20.9 52,580 (±1.7 / ±4,751)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

267 ±41 Number of households
  • Iron County: 2,949 ±130
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2 ±0.4 (539  ±80) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iron County: 2.1 6,051 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

10.6% ±7.7% (10  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 6.6% † 65 (±2.5% / ±25)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

544 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 5,572 ±27
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$209,100 ±$50,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iron County: $155,200 ±$10,563
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

14.9% ±5.5% (79  ±31.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 8.7% † 528 (±1.8% / ±106.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

93.5% ±7.9% (400  ±67.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iron County: 95.4% 4,717 (±4.1% / ±203.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
16.1% ±6.7% (69  ±30.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iron County: 23.4% 1,156 (±2% / ±100.4)
  • about half 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

2% ±1.8% (11  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 1.3% 82
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

11.1% ±4.5% (49  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 9.8% † 512 (±1.1% / ±55)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
49 Total veterans ±21 49 Male ±21 N/A Female ±10

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