ZIP 53550 vs ZIP 61070

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53550 (Juda, WI) and ZIP 61070 (Rock City, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53550 has a population of 1,239 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 61070 has 1,130 at 13 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 53550 reports a median household income of $73,438 against $84,167 in ZIP 61070, with per-capita income of $33,375 vs $45,343. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.3% in 53550 and 26.3% in 61070. Poverty rate reads 16.8% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 5.4% — 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 $228,900 in 53550 versus $157,000 in 61070, with median rent of $979 and $642 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.2% vs 90.4%. 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.