High Bridge, WI · standard
ZIP Code 54846
Ashland County, Wisconsin - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 547
- 7/sq mi
- $74,000
- Median income
- $175,000
- Median home value
- 15.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
High Bridge pairs an above-median household income with below-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 47%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 36th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 7
- people per sq mi
- 89%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 54846 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 54846 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in High Bridge, Ashland County, Wisconsin, home to just 547 residents across 80.4 square miles, a density of 7 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 54846 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $74,000 (5% below the average Wisconsin ZIP), while per-capita income is $38,762. The poverty rate is 3.8%, with unemployment at 4.5%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $175,000 (30% below the average Wisconsin ZIP), and median rent is $846; owner occupancy is 89.2%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 15.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 43.6, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 2 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Ashland County, so 54846 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
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 54846, High Bridge, 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
547
Population
80.4
Area (sq mi)
7
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 54846?
43.6
Median Age
53.1%
Male
46.9%
Female
0.0%
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?
$74,000
Median Household Income
-5% vs state ZIP avg
$38,762
Per Capita Income
3.8%
Poverty Rate
4.5%
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
302housing units
302
Total Housing Units
260
Occupied Units
42
Vacant Units
2.50
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$175,000
Median Home Value
-30% vs state ZIP avg
$846
Median Rent
1986
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 4 business establishments in ZIP 54846, employing approximately 8 people with a combined annual payroll of $315,000.
4
Businesses
8
Employees
$315K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 54846 vs 54546 →
ZIP 54846 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 54546
Mellen (54546)
1,266 residents
- 54855
Marengo (54855)
774 residents
- 54846
High Bridge (54846)
547 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 54846 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 54846 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 54846
High Bridge (54846)
$74,000 median income
- 54546
Mellen (54546)
$70,104 median income
- 54855
Marengo (54855)
$56,875 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 54846 ranks the highest of 3 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 54846, 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.