PlainZIP

Platteville, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Platteville, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 15,091. 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 PLATTEVILLE-WI · Platteville, WI 1 ZIPs · 15,091 pop · #19803/25278 · Grant County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $55,567
  • RANK-LOWER #19803/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Boscobel
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 52% owners
  • POP-TOWN 15,091
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $236,700

Nearest income peer: Boscobel, WI (+ $5,303 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 Platteville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Platteville 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, Platteville, WI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

22nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
15,091
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$55,567
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($55,567 average) · poverty 20.7%. The primary code (53818) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (52.0%) for this income tier, rent $867 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Wisconsin, Grand Marsh is the closest lower-income city and Minong the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Platteville.

Population concentration

Platteville's single ZIP 53818 carries the town

Platteville is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 53818 is the entire residential footprint (15,091 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 Platteville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 365 establishments, 5,059 employees , annual payroll $209,467k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53818 (365 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (60) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Platteville, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Grant County, which covers 19 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Platteville. See the Grant County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Grant County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Platteville, Lancaster, Boscobel and Cuba City among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Montfort marks the far end of that range at $89,500, 61% above Platteville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53818 15,091 $55,567 365 38
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Platteville 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 Platteville, .