ZIP 53807 vs ZIP 53811

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53807 (Cuba City, WI) and ZIP 53811 (Hazel Green, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53807 has a population of 4,843 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 53811 has 3,371 at 27 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 53807 reports a median household income of $77,887 against $82,769 in ZIP 53811, with per-capita income of $37,655 vs $43,676. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.9% in 53807 and 29.4% in 53811. Poverty rate reads 3.3% vs 11.6%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 1.3% — 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 $225,500 in 53807 versus $224,700 in 53811, with median rent of $780 and $930 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.0% vs 69.3%. 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.