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Merton, Wisconsin.

A village in Waukesha County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Waukesha County’s.

Living in Merton, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Merton is a village of 3,441 people in Waukesha County. Half its households earn more than $173,913 a year and half less, against $106,076 across Waukesha County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 97% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 3% are rented. Unemployment in Waukesha County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,441 in the 2020 census; median age 39.0
Household income $173,913 the median, give or take $4,475 · Waukesha County: $106,076
Unemployment 3.1% Waukesha County, August 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes 97% lived in by their owners; 3% rented
  • 1,058households
  • 63%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 22%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Manufacturing18%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Waukesha County had 248,662 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 28° and 11°; warmest in July, 83° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 28° 11° F M A M J J 83° 60° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 28° and 11°; warmest in July, 83° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 28° 11° F M A M J J 83° 60° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 60°. About 37 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Richfield Ssw weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Waukesha County

  1. Kohl's3,907
  2. Milwaukee Tool CorporateHandtools, power-driven, manufacturing2,249
  3. Waukesha Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital1,600FTE
  4. Froedtert Health1,530
  5. Waukesha School DistrictSchool district1,463FTE
  6. Pieper ElectricLow voltage electrical work1,460
  7. QuadGraphicsCommercial printer1,268
  8. TargetDiscount department stores1,167

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 739 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 90,285 people in all across the county; Merton has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Waukesha County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Waukesha County.