Mercer, WI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mercer, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,392. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MERCER-WI · Mercer, WI 1 ZIPs · 1,392 pop · #16123/25278 · Iron County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $63,500
- RANK-LOWER #16123/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montreal
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 90% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,392
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $306,600
Nearest income peer: Montreal, WI (+ $1,083 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mercer
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mercer on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Upson · lowest
Upson · lowest
$38,125 median HH income
- Hurley · near
Hurley · near
$53,468 median HH income
- Iron Belt · near
Iron Belt · near
$57,917 median HH income
- Mercer · this city
Mercer · this city
$63,500 median HH income
- Montreal · near
Montreal · near
$64,583 median HH income
- Saxon · near
Saxon · near
$69,696 median HH income
- Gile · highest
Gile · highest
$74,375 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mercer, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 36th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,392
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $63,500
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $63,500 and poverty 9.0% concentrate in 54547.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Wisconsin, Laona is the closest lower-income city and Unity the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mercer.
ZIP Codes in Mercer, WI
These ZIP codes sit in Iron County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mercer. See the Iron County roll-up →
Mercer lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Iron County: Saxon and Gile earn more and Hurley, Iron Belt and Upson earn less. Upson marks the far end of that range at $38,125, 40% below Mercer.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54547 | 1,392 | 3 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Mercer, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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