ZIP 54629 vs ZIP 54622

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54629 (Fountain City, WI) and ZIP 54622 (Cochrane, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54629 has a population of 2,576 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 54622 has 2,121 at 14 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 54629 reports a median household income of $74,432 against $78,194 in ZIP 54622, with per-capita income of $41,440 vs $37,079. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.1% in 54629 and 20.1% in 54622. Poverty rate reads 6.3% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 2.5% — 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 $229,900 in 54629 versus $188,200 in 54622, with median rent of $816 and $733 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.3% vs 91.6%. 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.