Alma, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Alma, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,624. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALMA-WI · Alma, WI 1 ZIPs · 1,624 pop · #17100/25278 · Buffalo County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $61,563
  • RANK-LOWER #17100/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Fountain City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,624
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $207,000

Nearest income peer: Fountain City, WI (+ $12,869 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Alma

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Alma on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Alma, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

32nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,624
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,563
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $61,563 and poverty 10.5% concentrate in 54610.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Alma as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Ashippun is the closest lower-income city and Rib Lake the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Alma.

Population concentration

Alma reads through its lone ZIP, 54610

1,624 ACS residents, one ZIP: 54610 is not the leading code inside Alma, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Alma's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 42 establishments, 268 employees , annual payroll $14,956k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 54610 (42 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (7) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Alma, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Buffalo County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Alma. See the Buffalo County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Buffalo County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Alma, Fountain City, Cochrane and Nelson among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Cochrane marks the far end of that range at $78,194, 27% above Alma.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
54610 1,624 $61,563 42 5

Alma roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Alma, .