ZIP 54622 vs ZIP 54610

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54622 (Cochrane, WI) and ZIP 54610 (Alma, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54622 has a population of 2,121 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 54610 has 1,624 at 5 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 54622 reports a median household income of $78,194 against $61,563 in ZIP 54610, with per-capita income of $37,079 vs $41,055. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.1% in 54622 and 27.3% in 54610. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 10.5%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 1.9% — 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 $188,200 in 54622 versus $207,000 in 54610, with median rent of $733 and $748 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.6% vs 74.0%. 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.