ZIP 53818 vs ZIP 53813

This side-by-side compares ZIP 53818 (Platteville, WI) and ZIP 53813 (Lancaster, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 53818 has a population of 15,091 at 38 people per square mile, while ZIP 53813 has 6,075 at 16 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 53818 reports a median household income of $55,567 against $84,004 in ZIP 53813, with per-capita income of $29,429 vs $39,794. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.3% in 53818 and 29.9% in 53813. Poverty rate reads 20.7% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 1.7% — 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 $236,700 in 53818 versus $220,400 in 53813, with median rent of $867 and $812 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.0% vs 79.7%. 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.