Mercer vs Saxon

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

Mercer and Saxon 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 69 in Saxon). Mercer has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $41,250 in Saxon). Mercer has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $85,000 in Saxon).

Population, income & housing

	Mercer	Saxon
Population	539	69
Median age	54.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$41,250
Median home value	$209,100	$85,000
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	544	39
Homeownership rate	71.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercer	Saxon
Population	469 → 539 (+14.9%)	63 → 69 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $51,528 (+28.0%)	$26,250 → $41,250 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $209,100 (+16.5%)	$72,900 → $85,000 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$386 → $525 (+36.0%)	—

Mercer

Population

469539

Median household income

$40,250$51,528

Median home value

$179,500$209,100

Median gross rent

$386$525

Saxon

Population

6369

Median household income

$26,250$41,250

Median home value

$72,900$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercer	Saxon
Under 5	3.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	5.8%
18 to 24	2.4%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	36.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	31.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	4.3%
75 and over	8.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercer	Saxon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercer	Saxon
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercer	Saxon
Drove alone	91.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercer	Saxon
1-unit, detached	83.8%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Mercer	Saxon
Poverty rate	17.7%	26.1%
Average household size	2.02	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1974	1938