ZIP 54024 vs ZIP 55084

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54024 (Saint Croix Falls, WI) and ZIP 55084 (Taylors Falls, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54024 has a population of 4,811 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 55084 has 1,628 at 26 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 54024 reports a median household income of $75,417 against $94,297 in ZIP 55084, with per-capita income of $42,484 vs $44,220. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.3% in 54024 and 25.7% in 55084. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 6.0% — 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 $271,900 in 54024 versus $318,500 in 55084, with median rent of $924 and $1,090 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.7% vs 86.6%. 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.