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Merrill, WI

9,356 Population
7.5 square miles 1,250 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 49.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,796 ±$2,122 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $39,326 ±$1,428
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,148 ±$7,757 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $68,164 ±$3,741
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±4% (1,587  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 10.6% † 2,955 (±1.5% / ±425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±1.9 (72,125  ±9,809) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 22.5 265,890 (±1 / ±14,506)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,374 ±208 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 12,772 ±235
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (9,101  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 27,861 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 90 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

15.4% ±5.5% (327  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 10.2% † 536 (±2.7% / ±144)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,650 ±234 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 16,327 ±57
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,800 ±$8,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lincoln County: $192,700 ±$8,759
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±3.3% (1,066  ±303.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lincoln County: 9% † 2,517 (±1.4% / ±383.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±6.8% (6,300  ±502.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 92.4% 19,997 (±3.1% / ±668.5)
  • 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)
15.1% ±3.1% (1,028  ±213.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lincoln County: 19.6% 4,239 (±1.5% / ±333.9)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-fifths of 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

2.2% ±0.9% (207  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 1.9% 527
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.6% (415  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 6.9% 1,619 (±0.7% / ±155)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
415 Total veterans ±125 407 Male ±122 8 Female ±18

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