ZIP 53023 vs ZIP 53079

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53023 (Glenbeulah, WI) and ZIP 53079 (Saint Cloud, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53023 has a population of 1,496 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 53079 has 1,413 at 16 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 53023 reports a median household income of $87,222 against $86,667 in ZIP 53079, with per-capita income of $52,242 vs $43,668. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.5% in 53023 and 18.8% in 53079. Poverty rate reads 2.4% vs 3.1%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 2.7% — 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 $231,900 in 53023 versus $260,000 in 53079, with median rent of $900 and $795 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.1% vs 83.2%. 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.