Bluffview vs Merrimac

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffview and Merrimac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluffview has the higher population (606 vs 575 in Merrimac). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $44,195 in Bluffview). Since 2019, Bluffview's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffview	Merrimac
Population	606	575
Median age	33.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,195	$102,344
Median home value	—	$274,200
Median gross rent	$883	$1,050
Housing units	365	303
Homeownership rate	58.2%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffview	Merrimac
Population	522 → 606 (+16.1%)	603 → 575 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$34,554 → $44,195 (+27.9%)	$69,722 → $102,344 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$28,900 → $19,200 (-33.6%)	$197,000 → $274,200 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $883 (+46.0%)	$1,091 → $1,050 (-3.8%)

Bluffview

Population

522606

Median household income

$34,554$44,195

Median home value

$28,900$19,200

Median gross rent

$605$883

Merrimac

Population

603575

Median household income

$69,722$102,344

Median home value

$197,000$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffview	Merrimac
Under 5	1.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	31.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	13.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	3.8%	10.8%
75 and over	2.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffview	Merrimac
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	84.7%
Black or African American	7.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffview	Merrimac
No high school diploma	13.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffview	Merrimac
Drove alone	72.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.5%
Other means	8.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffview	Merrimac
1-unit, detached	10.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	29.3%	12.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bluffview	Merrimac
Poverty rate	17.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1974	1964