Hurley vs Mercer

A side-by-side comparison of Hurley and Mercer: population, income, housing, and more.

Hurley and Mercer are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hurley has the higher population (1,438 vs 539 in Mercer). Mercer has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $42,188 in Hurley). Mercer has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $75,800 in Hurley).

Population, income & housing

	Hurley	Mercer
Population	1,438	539
Median age	56.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$51,528
Median home value	$75,800	$209,100
Median gross rent	$604	$525
Housing units	915	544
Homeownership rate	71.2%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurley	Mercer
Population	1,472 → 1,438 (-2.3%)	469 → 539 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$30,815 → $42,188 (+36.9%)	$40,250 → $51,528 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$60,100 → $75,800 (+26.1%)	$179,500 → $209,100 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $604 (+16.2%)	$386 → $525 (+36.0%)

Hurley

Population

1,4721,438

Median household income

$30,815$42,188

Median home value

$60,100$75,800

Median gross rent

$520$604

Mercer

Population

469539

Median household income

$40,250$51,528

Median home value

$179,500$209,100

Median gross rent

$386$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurley	Mercer
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.0%
65 to 74	19.1%	17.4%
75 and over	15.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurley	Mercer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurley	Mercer
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurley	Mercer
Drove alone	80.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurley	Mercer
1-unit, detached	66.3%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hurley	Mercer
Poverty rate	17.8%	17.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1947	1974