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Lake Mills, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake Mills, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,273. 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 LAKE-MILLS-WI · Lake Mills, WI 1 ZIPs · 8,273 pop · #5421/25278 · Jefferson County

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

  • INC-HIGH $94,401
  • RANK-UPPER #5421/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Johnson Creek
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,273
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $357,400

Nearest income peer: Johnson Creek, WI (+ $1,726 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 Lake Mills

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

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,273
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$94,401
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 $94,401 and home value $357,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lake Mills as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Lake Mills's single ZIP 53551 carries the town

Lake Mills is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 53551 is the entire residential footprint (8,273 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Lake Mills's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 232 establishments, 2,607 employees , annual payroll $126,751k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53551 (232 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (32) · also Retail trade · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Lake Mills, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Jefferson County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake Mills. See the Jefferson County roll-up →

Lake Mills sits in the upper half of Jefferson County on income: Watertown, Fort Atkinson and Jefferson report less, while Sullivan and Helenville report more. Helenville marks the far end of that range at $116,550, 23% above Lake Mills.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53551 8,273 $94,401 232 76
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Lake Mills 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 Lake Mills, .