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Merrimac, WI

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Overview


Merrimac is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 526 people and just one neighborhood, Merrimac is the 450th largest community in Wisconsin. Merrimac has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Occupations and Workforce

Merrimac is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Merrimac is a village of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Merrimac who work in sales jobs (14.33%), management occupations (12.00%), and maintenance occupations (10.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Merrimac has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Merrimac has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Merrimac than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Merrimac may be for you.

One downside of living in Merrimac is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Merrimac, the average commute to work is 33.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small village, Merrimac does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Merrimac is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.56% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Merrimac in 2022 was $38,447, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,788 for a family of four. However, Merrimac contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Merrimac is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Merrimac home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Merrimac residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Merrimac include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Merrimac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 40 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.8% have Swiss ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Merrimac are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 31.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.9%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Merrimac, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.7%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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