Merrimac vs Plain

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

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

Plain has the higher population (776 vs 575 in Merrimac). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $85,938 in Plain). Merrimac has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $223,600 in Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Merrimac	Plain
Population	575	776
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$85,938
Median home value	$274,200	$223,600
Median gross rent	$1,050	$972
Housing units	303	359
Homeownership rate	81.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrimac	Plain
Population	603 → 575 (-4.6%)	755 → 776 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $102,344 (+46.8%)	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $274,200 (+39.2%)	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,050 (-3.8%)	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)

Merrimac

Population

603575

Median household income

$69,722$102,344

Median home value

$197,000$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,050

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrimac	Plain
Under 5	7.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrimac	Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrimac	Plain
No high school diploma	13.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	27.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrimac	Plain
Drove alone	81.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.3%
Other means	3.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrimac	Plain
1-unit, detached	82.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrimac	Plain
Poverty rate	4.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1964	1957