Black River Falls vs Merrillan

A side-by-side comparison of Black River Falls and Merrillan: population, income, housing, and more.

Black River Falls and Merrillan are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black River Falls has the higher population (3,514 vs 568 in Merrillan). Black River Falls has the higher median household income ($57,712 vs $53,875 in Merrillan). Black River Falls has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $129,300 in Merrillan).

Population, income & housing

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
Population	3,514	568
Median age	40.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,712	$53,875
Median home value	$152,300	$129,300
Median gross rent	$718	$892
Housing units	1,723	258
Homeownership rate	62.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
Population	3,496 → 3,514 (+0.5%)	609 → 568 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$34,590 → $57,712 (+66.8%)	$40,662 → $53,875 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $152,300 (+42.9%)	$93,200 → $129,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $718 (+11.1%)	$613 → $892 (+45.5%)

Black River Falls

Population

3,4963,514

Median household income

$34,590$57,712

Median home value

$106,600$152,300

Median gross rent

$646$718

Merrillan

Population

609568

Median household income

$40,662$53,875

Median home value

$93,200$129,300

Median gross rent

$613$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
Under 5	5.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	15.0%
75 and over	11.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	6.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	49.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
Drove alone	80.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
1-unit, detached	67.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Black River Falls	Merrillan
Poverty rate	11.8%	14.8%
Average household size	1.93	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1969	1959