Mercer vs Montreal

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

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

Montreal has the higher population (800 vs 539 in Mercer). Montreal has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $51,528 in Mercer). Mercer has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $98,400 in Montreal).

Population, income & housing

	Mercer	Montreal
Population	539	800
Median age	54.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$66,750
Median home value	$209,100	$98,400
Median gross rent	$525	$738
Housing units	544	470
Homeownership rate	71.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercer	Montreal
Population	469 → 539 (+14.9%)	756 → 800 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $51,528 (+28.0%)	$41,705 → $66,750 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $209,100 (+16.5%)	$77,000 → $98,400 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$386 → $525 (+36.0%)	$555 → $738 (+33.0%)

Mercer

Population

469539

Median household income

$40,250$51,528

Median home value

$179,500$209,100

Median gross rent

$386$525

Montreal

Population

756800

Median household income

$41,705$66,750

Median home value

$77,000$98,400

Median gross rent

$555$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercer	Montreal
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	21.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	12.3%
75 and over	8.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercer	Montreal
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercer	Montreal
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercer	Montreal
Drove alone	91.2%	87.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercer	Montreal
1-unit, detached	83.8%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mercer	Montreal
Poverty rate	17.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1974	1948