| ECONOMY | Merrill township | Bellevue | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 2.40% | 7.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -3.44% | 0.05% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.72% | 32.50% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 8.90% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 1.84% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $23,946 | $42,234 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,351 | $74,846 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.22% | 5.83% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.22% | 5.40% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 16.22% | 7.05% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 18.92% | 12.35% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 16.22% | 19.57% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.11% | 15.45% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.41% | 18.57% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.70% | 10.92% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.00% | 4.46% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.00% | 0.40% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 27.27% | 21.88% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 15.15% | 31.94% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.15% | 9.92% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 12.12% | 26.15% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 9.09% | 0.09% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.09% | 4.04% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.09% | 5.98% | 14.05% |