Wisconsin · Census place 5551375
Merton, Wisconsin
Merton is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 3,655 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,655
- #186 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +6.0%
- +207 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,101 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Merton population, 2020 to 2024
Merton added 207 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.0%. In the latest year it moved by +59.
Merton covers 3.32 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,101 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Merton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Merton is in
All of Merton's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Merton holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Merton
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Merton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53029, 53089. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Merton is
The Census internal point of Merton is at 43.143700, -88.312300. Madison, the capital, is 54.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartland, WI (10,203 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 18.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.143700, -88.312300
- DMS
- 43°08'37.32"N 88°18'44.28"W
- UTM
- 16N 393285.6E 4777608.4N
- Geohash
- dp9jqqhfq
- Plus code
- 86MH4MVQ+F3
Daylight in Merton
At 43.14° N, Merton gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Merton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Hartland, 3.1 miles away, with 10,203 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Merton, WI?
3,655 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 207 (6.0%) from 3,448 in July 2020.
What county is Merton in?
Waukesha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Merton?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53029, 53089.
How far is Merton from Madison?
54.3 miles (87.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Merton.
What is the nearest larger city to Merton?
Hartland, WI, with 10,203 residents, 3.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.