Mellen, WI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mellen, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,266. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MELLEN-WI · Mellen, WI 1 ZIPs · 1,266 pop · #13206/25278 · Ashland County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $70,104
- RANK-MID #13206/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Butternut
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 89% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,266
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $141,900
Nearest income peer: Butternut, WI (+ $665 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 Mellen
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mellen on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Glidden · lowest
Glidden · lowest
$55,476 median HH income
- Mellen · this city
Mellen · this city
$70,104 median HH income
- Butternut · near
Butternut · near
$70,769 median HH income
- La Pointe · near
La Pointe · near
$71,250 median HH income
- Clam Lake · near
Clam Lake · near
$73,571 median HH income
- High Bridge · highest
High Bridge · highest
$74,000 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mellen, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 48th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,266
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $70,104
- 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 $70,104 and poverty 13.6% concentrate in 54546.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Wisconsin, Rochester is the closest lower-income city and Sturgeon Bay the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mellen.
ZIP Codes in Mellen, WI
These ZIP codes sit in Ashland County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mellen. See the Ashland County roll-up →
Mellen lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Ashland County: High Bridge and Clam Lake earn more and Ashland, Glidden and Marengo earn less. Glidden marks the far end of that range at $55,476, 21% below Mellen.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54546 | 1,266 | 2 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Mellen, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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