Lincoln County · 2026 data
Merrill, Wisconsin Home Market Report
Updated 2026-06-21 · by Micah Nicholes, Founder, HouseBuyerz
Who owns the homes in Merrill?
Ownership reflects the most recent public assessor records (2026).
Of the roughly 7,883 homes in Merrill, about 1.8% are held by owners with an out-of-state mailing address (below the Wisconsin average of 5.3%), and about 4.2% are titled to a company or LLC rather than a person (in line with the state average of 5.6%).
Company- and out-of-state-owned homes are usually the most willing to sell quickly for cash — they're managed as investments, not lived in.
Curious how Merrill compares to the rest of the state? See our Who Owns Wisconsin study — out-of-state and corporate ownership across all 72 counties.
In Merrill (Lincoln County, Wisconsin), the typical home is worth about $266,900, across roughly 7,883 dwellings. About 23% are owned by investors or landlords rather than the people living in them — in line with the Wisconsin average of 21%.
Merrill sits in a county where recorded mortgage data isn't reliable enough to report an accurate cash-sale share, so we've left that figure out rather than publish a number we can't stand behind.
For homeowners, the takeaway is that there's a real, active cash market for Merrill houses — including as-is, inherited, and off-market sales that never hit the MLS. (HouseBuyerz is one of those cash buyers.)
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