PlainZIP

Custer, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Custer, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,343. 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 CUSTER-WI · Custer, WI 1 ZIPs · 2,343 pop · #2714/25278 · Portage County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $113,690
  • RANK-TOP #2714/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Amherst Junction
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 93% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,343
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $329,100

Nearest income peer: Amherst Junction, WI ( $12,127 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 Custer

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

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,343
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$113,690
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 $113,690 and home value $329,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 35.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Wisconsin, Barneveld is the closest lower-income city and Sobieski the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Custer.

Population concentration

Custer's single ZIP 54423 carries the town

Custer is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 54423 is the entire residential footprint (2,343 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 Custer's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 38 establishments, 284 employees , annual payroll $19,080k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 54423 (38 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (6) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Custer, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Portage County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Custer. See the Portage County roll-up →

No other city sharing Portage County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Custer. Stevens Point, Plover and Amherst sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Nelsonville marks the far end of that range at $57,917, 49% below Custer.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
54423 2,343 $113,690 38 17
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Custer 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 Custer, .