ZIP 54655 vs ZIP 54652

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54655 (Soldiers Grove, WI) and ZIP 54652 (Readstown, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54655 has a population of 1,778 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 54652 has 953 at 10 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 54655 reports a median household income of $56,010 against $57,500 in ZIP 54652, with per-capita income of $30,595 vs $27,958. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 54655 and 15.8% in 54652. Poverty rate reads 19.6% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 1.3% — 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 $220,900 in 54655 versus $180,600 in 54652, with median rent of $731 and $710 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.5% vs 80.0%. 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.