PlainZIP

Black Earth, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Black Earth, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,268. 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 BLACK-EARTH-WI · Black Earth, WI 1 ZIPs · 2,268 pop · #5772/25278 · Dane County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $92,625
  • RANK-UPPER #5772/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marshall
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,268
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $361,300

Nearest income peer: Marshall, WI (+ $946 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 Black Earth

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Black Earth 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, Black Earth, WI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 23%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,268
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$92,625
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $92,625 and home value $361,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 32.6%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Wisconsin, Grafton is the closest lower-income city and Ixonia the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Black Earth.

Population concentration

Black Earth's single ZIP 53515 carries the town

Black Earth is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 53515 is the entire residential footprint (2,268 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Black Earth's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 53 establishments, 412 employees , annual payroll $16,348k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53515 (53 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (11) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Black Earth, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Dane County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Black Earth. See the Dane County roll-up →

Black Earth sits in the lower half of Dane County on income: Sun Prairie, Middleton and Stoughton report more, and only Madison reports less. Verona marks the far end of that range at $135,023, 46% above Black Earth.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53515 2,268 $92,625 53 24
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Black Earth 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 Black Earth, .