ZIP 54410 vs ZIP 54489

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54410 (Arpin, WI) and ZIP 54489 (Vesper, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54410 has a population of 2,392 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 54489 has 1,550 at 14 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 54410 reports a median household income of $84,135 against $63,352 in ZIP 54489, with per-capita income of $33,824 vs $35,508. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.5% in 54410 and 16.2% in 54489. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs 10.7%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 3.7% — 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 $213,200 in 54410 versus $175,000 in 54489, with median rent of $789 and $910 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.0% vs 84.1%. 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.