ZIP 54441 vs ZIP 54449

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54441 (Hewitt, WI) and ZIP 54449 (Marshfield, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54441 has a population of 828 at 344 people per square mile, while ZIP 54449 has 26,418 at 60 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 54441 reports a median household income of $92,031 against $67,551 in ZIP 54449, with per-capita income of $41,385 vs $43,038. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.3% in 54441 and 26.9% in 54449. Poverty rate reads 2.5% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 0.5% vs 2.7% — 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 $260,600 in 54441 versus $211,600 in 54449, with median rent of $854 and $849 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.4% vs 67.2%. 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.