Merrimac vs Spring Green

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

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

Spring Green has the higher population (1,499 vs 575 in Merrimac). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $89,375 in Spring Green). Merrimac has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $238,000 in Spring Green).

Population, income & housing

	Merrimac	Spring Green
Population	575	1,499
Median age	38.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$89,375
Median home value	$274,200	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,012
Housing units	303	712
Homeownership rate	81.1%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrimac	Spring Green
Population	603 → 575 (-4.6%)	1,684 → 1,499 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$69,722 → $102,344 (+46.8%)	$67,426 → $89,375 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $274,200 (+39.2%)	$171,700 → $238,000 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,050 (-3.8%)	$832 → $1,012 (+21.6%)

Merrimac

Population

603575

Median household income

$69,722$102,344

Median home value

$197,000$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,050

Spring Green

Population

1,6841,499

Median household income

$67,426$89,375

Median home value

$171,700$238,000

Median gross rent

$832$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrimac	Spring Green
Under 5	7.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.7%
75 and over	7.7%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrimac	Spring Green
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrimac	Spring Green
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrimac	Spring Green
Drove alone	81.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	15.3%
Other means	3.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrimac	Spring Green
1-unit, detached	82.8%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrimac	Spring Green
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1964	1972