Merrillan vs Mission

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

Merrillan and Mission 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 365 in Mission). Merrillan has the higher median household income ($53,875 vs $50,625 in Mission). Merrillan has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $125,000 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Merrillan	Mission
Population	568	365
Median age	36.4 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,875	$50,625
Median home value	$129,300	$125,000
Median gross rent	$892	$1,025
Housing units	258	76
Homeownership rate	71.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrillan	Mission
Population	609 → 568 (-6.7%)	307 → 365 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$40,662 → $53,875 (+32.5%)	$66,250 → $50,625 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $129,300 (+38.7%)	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $892 (+45.5%)	$921 → $1,025 (+11.3%)

Merrillan

Population

609568

Median household income

$40,662$53,875

Median home value

$93,200$129,300

Median gross rent

$613$892

Mission

Population

307365

Median household income

$66,250$50,625

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrillan	Mission
Under 5	3.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	24.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	17.1%	21.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	4.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	5.8%
75 and over	5.6%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrillan	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	6.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	81.9%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrillan	Mission
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrillan	Mission
Drove alone	74.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrillan	Mission
1-unit, detached	78.7%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Merrillan	Mission
Poverty rate	14.8%	37.6%
Average household size	2.53	5.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1959	2000