ZIP 54927 vs ZIP 54904

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54927 (Butte Des Morts, WI) and ZIP 54904 (Oshkosh, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54927 has a population of 538 at 914 people per square mile, while ZIP 54904 has 20,623 at 107 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 54927 reports a median household income of $128,523 against $93,341 in ZIP 54904, with per-capita income of $51,927 vs $48,456. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.1% in 54927 and 41.8% in 54904. Poverty rate reads 3.7% vs 5.7%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 2.0% — 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 $244,200 in 54927 versus $281,000 in 54904, with median rent of $1,213 and $940 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.4% vs 80.2%. 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.