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Merrill, WI

9,224 Population
7.5 square miles 1,232.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 49.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,741 ±$2,131 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $38,296 ±$1,758
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$49,947 ±$5,450 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $67,726 ±$5,818
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

17.3% ±4% (1,551  ±360) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 10.5% † 2,925 (±1.6% / ±447)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

17.9 minutes ±1.8 (70,805  ±9,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 22.1 261,965 (±1 / ±15,740)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

4,239 ±171 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 12,578 ±218
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.1 (8,957  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 27,830 (±0 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

11.4% ±4.8% (237  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 9.4% † 492 (±2.7% / ±144)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

4,570 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 16,233 ±50
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$113,200 ±$4,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lincoln County: $177,700 ±$9,050
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

14.1% ±3.4% (1,280  ±304.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lincoln County: 9.9% † 2,777 (±1.4% / ±398.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92.5% ±6.9% (6,257  ±494.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 92.5% 19,876 (±3.1% / ±671.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
14.8% ±2.7% (999  ±184.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lincoln County: 19.4% 4,177 (±1.5% / ±329)
  • 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

1.8% ±0.8% (168  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 1.7% 469
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

3.7% ±1.2% (280  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lincoln County: 6.4% † 1,495 (±0.8% / ±177)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
280 Total veterans ±92 280 Male ±92 N/A Female ±14

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