ZIP 54943 vs ZIP 54930

This side-by-side compares ZIP 54943 (Hancock, WI) and ZIP 54930 (Coloma, WI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 54943 has a population of 1,923 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 54930 has 1,786 at 7 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 54943 reports a median household income of $62,500 against $77,692 in ZIP 54930, with per-capita income of $35,326 vs $35,763. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 54943 and 16.7% in 54930. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 11.6%, and unemployment 8.3% vs 3.3% — 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 $207,100 in 54943 versus $194,100 in 54930, with median rent of $692 and $821 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.1% vs 87.4%. 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.