ZIP 53810 vs ZIP 53802

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53810 (Glen Haven, WI) and ZIP 53802 (Beetown, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53810 has a population of 429 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 53802 has 58 at 24 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 53810 reports a median household income of $75,500 against $80,417 in ZIP 53802, with per-capita income of $35,640 vs $21,418. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 53810 and 5.9% in 53802. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 9.8%, and unemployment 0.5% 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 $167,500 in 53810 versus $169,600 in 53802, with median rent of $494 and $729 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.0% vs 67.6%. 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.