ZIP 54555 vs ZIP 54524

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54555 (Phillips, WI) and ZIP 54524 (Fifield, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54555 has a population of 4,872 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 54524 has 670 at 3 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 54555 reports a median household income of $59,025 against $40,536 in ZIP 54524, with per-capita income of $36,749 vs $34,414. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.4% in 54555 and 17.3% in 54524. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 0.3% — 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 $186,900 in 54555 versus $167,000 in 54524, with median rent of $811 and $449 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.5% vs 73.5%. 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.