ZIP 54530 vs ZIP 54537

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54530 (Hawkins, WI) and ZIP 54537 (Kennan, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54530 has a population of 868 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 54537 has 561 at 2 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 54530 reports a median household income of $54,375 against $59,464 in ZIP 54537, with per-capita income of $30,387 vs $28,912. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.4% in 54530 and 5.7% in 54537. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 11.8%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 2.0% — 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 $114,400 in 54530 versus $121,700 in 54537, with median rent of $768 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.1% vs 87.9%. 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.