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Merton town, Waukesha County, WI

8,293 Population
24.4 square miles 339.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,548 ±$5,605 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $55,573 ±$1,440
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$120,133 ±$12,418 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $101,639 ±$1,566
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

2.8% ±1.4% (232  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waukesha County: 5% 19,932 (±0.4% / ±1,488)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

26.2 minutes ±1.5 (97,235  ±9,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 23.3 4,349,955 (±0.2 / ±64,977)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

3,187 ±170 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 165,733 ±636
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.6 ±0.1 (8,290  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 402,489 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

4.9% ±3.4% (76  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Waukesha County: 5.1% † 4,317 (±0.6% / ±494)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

3,483 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 172,274 ±120
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$466,400 ±$17,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Waukesha County: $352,600 ±$2,991
  • about double the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

6.6% ±2.3% (543  ±,186.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waukesha County: 10.8% 43,525 (±0.6% / ±2,217.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

97.9% ±5.5% (5,816  ±401) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 96.9% 280,712 (±1.2% / ±3,474.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
51.1% ±4.6% (3,037  ±301) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 47.2% 136,729 (±0.8% / ±2,302.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

2.6% ±0.9% (213  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 5.4% 21,903
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

5.1% ±1.5% (328  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waukesha County: 6% 19,401 (±0.3% / ±842)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
328 Total veterans ±95 322 Male ±94 6 Female ±9

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