Lime Ridge vs Merrimac

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

Lime Ridge 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 201 in Lime Ridge). Lime Ridge has the higher median household income ($108,214 vs $102,344 in Merrimac). Merrimac has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $137,500 in Lime Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
Population	201	575
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,214	$102,344
Median home value	$137,500	$274,200
Median gross rent	$750	$1,050
Housing units	78	303
Homeownership rate	80.0%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
Population	179 → 201 (+12.3%)	603 → 575 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$67,813 → $108,214 (+59.6%)	$69,722 → $102,344 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $137,500 (+52.8%)	$197,000 → $274,200 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $750 (-15.1%)	$1,091 → $1,050 (-3.8%)

Lime Ridge

Population

179201

Median household income

$67,813$108,214

Median home value

$90,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$883$750

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)

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
Under 5	1.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	21.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	18.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	6.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.8%
75 and over	4.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	5.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
No high school diploma	20.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	46.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
Drove alone	82.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
1-unit, detached	98.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lime Ridge	Merrimac
Poverty rate	5.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	40	32
Median year structure built	1970	1964