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.

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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.

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 2026-08-06

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.

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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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