Merrill is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 9,122 people and six associated neighborhoods, Merrill is the 101st largest community in Wisconsin. Merrill has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Merrill is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Merrill is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Merrill who work in office and administrative support (14.70%), teaching (8.46%), and healthcare suport services (7.98%). A relatively large number of people in Merrill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.88% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Merrill is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.70 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Merrill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Merrill rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.42% of adults 25 and older in Merrill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Merrill in 2022 was $29,886, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,544 for a family of four. However, Merrill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Merrill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Merrill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Merrill include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Merrill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
