ZIP 53022 vs ZIP 53051

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53022 (Germantown, WI) and ZIP 53051 (Menomonee Falls, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53022 has a population of 18,920 at 262 people per square mile, while ZIP 53051 has 35,651 at 418 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 53022 reports a median household income of $100,890 against $100,031 in ZIP 53051, with per-capita income of $53,724 vs $55,492. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.8% in 53022 and 48.2% in 53051. Poverty rate reads 4.9% vs 5.2%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 1.9% — 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 $373,400 in 53022 versus $367,900 in 53051, with median rent of $1,367 and $1,313 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.2% vs 74.0%. 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.