Mercer (Wisconsin)
Iron County
55-51175
Mercer is a settlement on community- free area in Iron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Mercer had 516 inhabitants.
Geography
Mercer is located on Mercer Lake in northern Wisconsin, about 20 km south of the border with Michigan and about 60 km south of Lake Superior.
The geographical coordinates of 46 ° 09'56 Mercer " north latitude and 90 ° 03'46 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 14.19 km ², spread over 11.53 km ² land and 2.66 km ² water surface. Mercer is the largest and most important settlement within the Town of Mercer.
Towns nearby Mercer are Winchester ( 16.6 km ENE ), Manitowish Waters ( 16.8 km to the east), Manitowish (5,8 km south-east ), Powell (13,7 km in the same direction) and Carter (11 km north-west ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (299 km southeast), Wausau (163 km south), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 367 km southwest ) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (210 km west-northwest ).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 51 runs as the main road through Mercer. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Manitowish Waters Airport is located 17.2 km east a small airfield. The nearest regional airports are the Duluth International Airport (219 km west-northwest ) and the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (183 km south). The nearest major international airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 377 km southwest ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Mercer 516 people in 276 households. The population density was 44.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 276 households lived statistically 1.87 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent White, 0.6 percent Native American and 1.0 percent Asian. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
12.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 36.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 35,625. The per capita income was $ 19,042. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.