Iron Belt vs Mercer

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

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

Mercer has the higher population (539 vs 143 in Iron Belt). Iron Belt has the higher median household income ($56,150 vs $51,528 in Mercer). Mercer has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $62,800 in Iron Belt).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Belt	Mercer
Population	143	539
Median age	48.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,150	$51,528
Median home value	$62,800	$209,100
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	125	544
Homeownership rate	89.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Belt	Mercer
Population	180 → 143 (-20.6%)	469 → 539 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $56,150 (+49.7%)	$40,250 → $51,528 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $62,800 (+29.2%)	$179,500 → $209,100 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $725 (+52.6%)	$386 → $525 (+36.0%)

Iron Belt

Population

180143

Median household income

$37,500$56,150

Median home value

$48,600$62,800

Median gross rent

$475$725

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)

	Iron Belt	Mercer
Under 5	7.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	23.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	21.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	17.4%
75 and over	15.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Belt	Mercer
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Belt	Mercer
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	49.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Belt	Mercer
Drove alone	95.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Belt	Mercer
1-unit, detached	82.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Iron Belt	Mercer
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1971	1974