ZIP 53007 vs ZIP 53225

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53007 (Butler, WI) and ZIP 53225 (Milwaukee, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53007 has a population of 1,841 at 920 people per square mile, while ZIP 53225 has 25,706 at 1,446 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 53007 reports a median household income of $60,000 against $56,545 in ZIP 53225, with per-capita income of $34,086 vs $30,111. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.7% in 53007 and 21.5% in 53225. Poverty rate reads 11.8% vs 17.0%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 6.7% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $244,700 in 53007 versus $188,400 in 53225, with median rent of $890 and $1,115 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.8% vs 39.9%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.