Merrill vs Tomahawk

A side-by-side comparison of Merrill and Tomahawk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merrill has the higher population (9,224 vs 3,416 in Tomahawk). Tomahawk has the higher median household income ($60,905 vs $49,947 in Merrill). Tomahawk has the higher median home value ($168,200 vs $113,200 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Merrill	Tomahawk
Population	9,224	3,416
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,947	$60,905
Median home value	$113,200	$168,200
Median gross rent	$784	$554
Housing units	4,570	1,699
Homeownership rate	60.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrill	Tomahawk
Population	9,108 → 9,224 (+1.3%)	3,174 → 3,416 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$48,159 → $49,947 (+3.7%)	$45,972 → $60,905 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $113,200 (+32.7%)	$129,200 → $168,200 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $784 (+23.1%)	$639 → $554 (-13.3%)

Merrill

Population

9,1089,224

Median household income

$48,159$49,947

Median home value

$85,300$113,200

Median gross rent

$637$784

Tomahawk

Population

3,1743,416

Median household income

$45,972$60,905

Median home value

$129,200$168,200

Median gross rent

$639$554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrill	Tomahawk
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrill	Tomahawk
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrill	Tomahawk
No high school diploma	7.5%	10.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrill	Tomahawk
Drove alone	76.8%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrill	Tomahawk
1-unit, detached	64.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Merrill	Tomahawk
Poverty rate	17.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1955	1965