ZIP 53544 vs ZIP 53507

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53544 (Hollandale, WI) and ZIP 53507 (Barneveld, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53544 has a population of 800 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 53507 has 2,196 at 14 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 53544 reports a median household income of $100,625 against $113,261 in ZIP 53507, with per-capita income of $47,614 vs $51,192. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.1% in 53544 and 37.7% in 53507. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 2.0% — 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 $308,100 in 53544 versus $347,400 in 53507, with median rent of $850 and $1,162 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.5% vs 81.6%. 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.