ZIP 54931 vs ZIP 54947

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54931 (Dale, WI) and ZIP 54947 (Larsen, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54931 has a population of 260 at 385 people per square mile, while ZIP 54947 has 2,601 at 22 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 54931 reports a median household income of — against $91,167 in ZIP 54947, with per-capita income of $34,760 vs $45,546. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.3% in 54931 and 29.4% in 54947. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.2% — 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 $197,600 in 54931 versus $280,400 in 54947, with median rent of — and $694 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 93.4%. 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.