ZIP 54512 vs ZIP 54568

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54512 (Boulder Junction, WI) and ZIP 54568 (Woodruff, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54512 has a population of 833 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 54568 has 5,198 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 54512 reports a median household income of $75,147 against $72,589 in ZIP 54568, with per-capita income of $45,950 vs $40,422. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.3% in 54512 and 33.2% in 54568. Poverty rate reads 9.4% vs 10.4%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 1.3% — 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 $294,500 in 54512 versus $281,000 in 54568, with median rent of $945 and $771 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.0% vs 89.9%. 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.