Hixton vs Merrillan

A side-by-side comparison of Hixton and Merrillan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merrillan has the higher population (568 vs 398 in Hixton). Hixton has the higher median household income ($74,219 vs $53,875 in Merrillan). Hixton has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $129,300 in Merrillan).

Population, income & housing

	Hixton	Merrillan
Population	398	568
Median age	48.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,219	$53,875
Median home value	$158,000	$129,300
Median gross rent	$558	$892
Housing units	189	258
Homeownership rate	77.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hixton	Merrillan
Population	424 → 398 (-6.1%)	609 → 568 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $74,219 (+38.9%)	$40,662 → $53,875 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $158,000 (+43.9%)	$93,200 → $129,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $558 (+12.5%)	$613 → $892 (+45.5%)

Hixton

Population

424398

Median household income

$53,438$74,219

Median home value

$109,800$158,000

Median gross rent

$496$558

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)

	Hixton	Merrillan
Under 5	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	24.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	20.4%	5.6%
55 to 64	21.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	15.0%
75 and over	7.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hixton	Merrillan
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	6.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hixton	Merrillan
No high school diploma	13.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hixton	Merrillan
Drove alone	85.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	10.2%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hixton	Merrillan
1-unit, detached	71.4%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Hixton	Merrillan
Poverty rate	5.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1960	1959