What is the population of Merrill city?

Merrill city has 9,224 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #104 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Merrill city?

Median household income in Merrill city is $49,947 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Merrill city?

Median gross rent is $784 a month and the median home value is $113,200, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.

Is Merrill city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Merrill city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Merrill, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Merrill, Wisconsin (Merrill, WI — Census place “Merrill city”) is 9,224 residents, ranking #104 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $49,947, the median home is worth $113,200 and median gross rent runs $784 a month. Looking for the Merrill Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Merrill, WI: 54452.

Population: 9,224Merrill city residents
Median household income: $49,947Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $113,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $784Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.7%Owner-occupied households

Merrill ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Merrill.

The Merrill WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

54452

What the numbers mean in Merrill city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Merrill city median would spend about 18.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.3% of residents and 60.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Merrill city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Merrill city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 9,224 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #104 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 43.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Merrill city earn a median of $49,947 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Merrill city is valued at $113,200, 62.7% below the national figure and 47% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $784 a month, 44.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,408 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 60.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Merrill city?: Merrill city has 9,224 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #104 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Merrill city?: Median household income in Merrill city is $49,947 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Merrill city?: Median gross rent is $784 a month and the median home value is $113,200, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
Is Merrill city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Merrill city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Merrill city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.