ZIP 53179 vs ZIP 53192

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53179 (Trevor, WI) and ZIP 53192 (Wilmot, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53179 has a population of 6,310 at 227 people per square mile, while ZIP 53192 has 217 at 81 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 53179 reports a median household income of $94,460 against — in ZIP 53192, with per-capita income of $43,403 vs $85,138. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.0% in 53179 and 39.7% in 53192. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 0.0% — 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 $305,800 in 53179 versus $264,300 in 53192, with median rent of $1,156 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.1% vs 99.1%. 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.