Merrimac vs North Freedom

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

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

North Freedom has the higher population (730 vs 575 in Merrimac). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $77,250 in North Freedom). Merrimac has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $154,800 in North Freedom).

Population, income & housing

	Merrimac	North Freedom
Population	575	730
Median age	38.0 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$77,250
Median home value	$274,200	$154,800
Median gross rent	$1,050	$708
Housing units	303	265
Homeownership rate	81.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrimac	North Freedom
Population	603 → 575 (-4.6%)	629 → 730 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $102,344 (+46.8%)	$56,875 → $77,250 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $274,200 (+39.2%)	$115,400 → $154,800 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,050 (-3.8%)	$675 → $708 (+4.9%)

Merrimac

Population

603575

Median household income

$69,722$102,344

Median home value

$197,000$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,050

North Freedom

Population

629730

Median household income

$56,875$77,250

Median home value

$115,400$154,800

Median gross rent

$675$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrimac	North Freedom
Under 5	7.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	7.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrimac	North Freedom
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	87.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrimac	North Freedom
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrimac	North Freedom
Drove alone	81.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.9%
Other means	3.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrimac	North Freedom
1-unit, detached	82.8%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Merrimac	North Freedom
Poverty rate	4.9%	21.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938