ZIP 54015 vs ZIP 54002

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54015 (Hammond, WI) and ZIP 54002 (Baldwin, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54015 has a population of 3,586 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 54002 has 6,278 at 32 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 54015 reports a median household income of $114,293 against $88,275 in ZIP 54002, with per-capita income of $42,351 vs $39,760. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.1% in 54015 and 32.2% in 54002. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 8.9%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 0.9% — 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 $326,500 in 54015 versus $309,200 in 54002, with median rent of $954 and $1,167 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 78.1%. 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.