Ironton vs Merrimac

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

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

Merrimac has the higher population (575 vs 288 in Ironton). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $46,250 in Ironton). Merrimac has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $85,000 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Ironton	Merrimac
Population	288	575
Median age	31.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$102,344
Median home value	$85,000	$274,200
Median gross rent	$950	$1,050
Housing units	121	303
Homeownership rate	85.1%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ironton	Merrimac
Population	248 → 288 (+16.1%)	603 → 575 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $46,250 (-18.4%)	$69,722 → $102,344 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $85,000 (-15.0%)	$197,000 → $274,200 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $950 (+39.1%)	$1,091 → $1,050 (-3.8%)

Ironton

Population

248288

Median household income

$56,667$46,250

Median home value

$100,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$683$950

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)

	Ironton	Merrimac
Under 5	7.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	12.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.8%
75 and over	1.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ironton	Merrimac
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	84.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	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	1.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ironton	Merrimac
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	51.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ironton	Merrimac
Drove alone	86.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ironton	Merrimac
1-unit, detached	70.2%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ironton	Merrimac
Poverty rate	24.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1967	1964