ZIP 54637 vs ZIP 54618

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54637 (Hustler, WI) and ZIP 54618 (Camp Douglas, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54637 has a population of 187 at 200 people per square mile, while ZIP 54618 has 2,262 at 9 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 54637 reports a median household income of $50,250 against $73,214 in ZIP 54618, with per-capita income of $38,551 vs $32,725. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.9% in 54637 and 13.4% in 54618. Poverty rate reads 18.3% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 3.2% — 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 $133,300 in 54637 versus $168,800 in 54618, with median rent of $667 and $821 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.5% vs 81.4%. 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.