ZIP 54443 vs ZIP 54454

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54443 (Junction City, WI) and ZIP 54454 (Milladore, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54443 has a population of 2,137 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 54454 has 1,279 at 11 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 54443 reports a median household income of $99,423 against $82,589 in ZIP 54454, with per-capita income of $44,998 vs $33,414. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.1% in 54443 and 14.3% in 54454. Poverty rate reads 6.7% vs 10.2%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 12.3% — 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 $279,400 in 54443 versus $170,200 in 54454, with median rent of $924 and $771 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.9% vs 86.0%. 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.