ZIP 54521 vs ZIP 54519

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54521 (Eagle River, WI) and ZIP 54519 (Conover, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54521 has a population of 7,509 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 54519 has 1,231 at 6 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 54521 reports a median household income of $74,071 against $59,628 in ZIP 54519, with per-capita income of $43,934 vs $37,644. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.5% in 54521 and 29.4% in 54519. Poverty rate reads 9.0% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 6.5% — 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 $305,100 in 54521 versus $271,600 in 54519, with median rent of $935 and $888 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.7% vs 88.5%. 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.