Clam Lake, WI · standard
ZIP Code 54517
Ashland County, Wisconsin - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 112
- 1/sq mi
- $73,571
- Median income
- $422,500
- Median home value
- 21.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Clam Lake pairs an above-median household income with upper-quartile home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 48%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 19%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 100%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 54517 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 54517 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Clam Lake, Ashland County, Wisconsin, home to just 112 residents across 186.7 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 54517 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $73,571 (6% below the average Wisconsin ZIP), while per-capita income is $49,364. The poverty rate is 4.8%, with unemployment at 5.4%; those measures add context to the income figure. Housing is both higher-cost and owner-heavy: median home value is $422,500 (70% above the average Wisconsin ZIP), while 100.0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 21.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 73.1, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Wisconsin and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 54517.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 54517, Clam Lake, WI · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
112
Population
186.7
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 54517?
73.1
Median Age
46.7%
Male
53.3%
Female
1.8%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$73,571
Median Household Income
-6% vs state ZIP avg
$49,364
Per Capita Income
4.8%
Poverty Rate
5.4%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
259housing units
259
Total Housing Units
86
Occupied Units
173
Vacant Units
1.94
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$422,500
Median Home Value
+70% vs state ZIP avg
1991
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 3 business establishments in ZIP 54517, employing approximately 25 people with a combined annual payroll of $431,000.
3
Businesses
25
Employees
$431K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 54517, both outside WI so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.