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Mercer town, Iron County, WI

1,485 Population
168.5 square miles 8.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 56.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,515 ±$3,447 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Iron County: $38,274 ±$1,858
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,281 ±$6,834 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Iron County: $60,625 ±$3,162
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.5% ±2.4% (138  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iron County: 10.5% † 635 (±1.4% / ±86)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±4.4 (11,870  ±3,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 21.9 54,850 (±1.7 / ±4,964)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

755 ±77 Number of households
  • Iron County: 3,109 ±149
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,485  ±166) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iron County: 2 6,107 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±5% (10  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iron County: 7.6% † 76 (±2.9% / ±29)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,837 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 5,566 ±59
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$287,100 ±$39,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iron County: $165,900 ±$7,990
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±2.4% (97  ±36.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Iron County: 6.4% † 394 (±1.8% / ±110.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±4.7% (1,172  ±117.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iron County: 95.2% 4,739 (±4.1% / ±206.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.9% ±5% (426  ±72.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iron County: 26% 1,293 (±2.3% / ±112.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • a little less 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

1.3% ±0.9% (19  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iron County: 1.5% 91
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.8% ±3.1% (155  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 9.5% † 497 (±1.2% / ±62)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
155 Total veterans ±43 148 Male ±41 7 Female ±7

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