Dousman vs Merton

A side-by-side comparison of Dousman and Merton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merton has the higher population (3,495 vs 2,043 in Dousman). Merton has the higher median household income ($168,661 vs $87,011 in Dousman). Merton has the higher median home value ($539,900 vs $371,500 in Dousman).

Population, income & housing

	Dousman	Merton
Population	2,043	3,495
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,011	$168,661
Median home value	$371,500	$539,900
Median gross rent	$1,430	$1,148
Housing units	871	1,061
Homeownership rate	62.3%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dousman	Merton
Population	2,368 → 2,043 (-13.7%)	3,672 → 3,495 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$66,792 → $87,011 (+30.3%)	$154,464 → $168,661 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $371,500 (+35.8%)	$448,600 → $539,900 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,248 → $1,430 (+14.6%)	$983 → $1,148 (+16.8%)

Dousman

Population

2,3682,043

Median household income

$66,792$87,011

Median home value

$273,500$371,500

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,430

Merton

Population

3,6723,495

Median household income

$154,464$168,661

Median home value

$448,600$539,900

Median gross rent

$983$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dousman	Merton
Under 5	4.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	19.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.6%
75 and over	11.9%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dousman	Merton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dousman	Merton
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dousman	Merton
Drove alone	83.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dousman	Merton
1-unit, detached	54.5%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	17.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dousman	Merton
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.39	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1990	2000