Merrillan vs Taylor

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

Merrillan and Taylor 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 336 in Taylor). Merrillan has the higher median household income ($53,875 vs $51,786 in Taylor). Merrillan has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $110,700 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Merrillan	Taylor
Population	568	336
Median age	36.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,875	$51,786
Median home value	$129,300	$110,700
Median gross rent	$892	$810
Housing units	258	180
Homeownership rate	71.7%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrillan	Taylor
Population	609 → 568 (-6.7%)	434 → 336 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$40,662 → $53,875 (+32.5%)	$38,393 → $51,786 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $129,300 (+38.7%)	$107,100 → $110,700 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $892 (+45.5%)	$638 → $810 (+27.0%)

Merrillan

Population

609568

Median household income

$40,662$53,875

Median home value

$93,200$129,300

Median gross rent

$613$892

Taylor

Population

434336

Median household income

$38,393$51,786

Median home value

$107,100$110,700

Median gross rent

$638$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrillan	Taylor
Under 5	3.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	24.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	5.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	20.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	5.1%
75 and over	5.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrillan	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrillan	Taylor
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrillan	Taylor
Drove alone	74.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrillan	Taylor
1-unit, detached	78.7%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Merrillan	Taylor
Poverty rate	14.8%	15.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1959	1977