ZIP 53049 vs ZIP 53057

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53049 (Malone, WI) and ZIP 53057 (Mount Calvary, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53049 has a population of 2,451 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 53057 has 1,928 at 23 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 53049 reports a median household income of $93,424 against $105,909 in ZIP 53057, with per-capita income of $46,562 vs $37,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.8% in 53049 and 18.8% in 53057. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 6.9%, and unemployment 0.2% vs 4.5% — 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 $286,000 in 53049 versus $238,200 in 53057, with median rent of $495 and $682 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.6% vs 96.3%. 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.