Eagle vs Merton

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

Eagle 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 2,016 in Eagle). Merton has the higher median household income ($168,661 vs $109,545 in Eagle). Merton has the higher median home value ($539,900 vs $310,100 in Eagle).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle	Merton
Population	2,016	3,495
Median age	41.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,545	$168,661
Median home value	$310,100	$539,900
Median gross rent	$958	$1,148
Housing units	862	1,061
Homeownership rate	88.6%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle	Merton
Population	2,063 → 2,016 (-2.3%)	3,672 → 3,495 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$80,417 → $109,545 (+36.2%)	$154,464 → $168,661 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$221,600 → $310,100 (+39.9%)	$448,600 → $539,900 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $958 (+3.6%)	$983 → $1,148 (+16.8%)

Eagle

Population

2,0632,016

Median household income

$80,417$109,545

Median home value

$221,600$310,100

Median gross rent

$925$958

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)

	Eagle	Merton
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	19.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	4.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle	Merton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle	Merton
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle	Merton
Drove alone	89.6%	71.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle	Merton
1-unit, detached	90.1%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle	Merton
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.59	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1986	2000