| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 534 / 715 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:37 PM |
| Population: | 15,180 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 55013 |
| Land Area: | 858 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 51 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 45.8612, -92.3434 |
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15,180 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 858 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 13,783 to 15,180 from 2014 to 2024 — a +10.1% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 54830 (Danbury, $66,941 median) and poorest ZIP 54845 (Hertel, $49,464) are 20.7 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.3× across this county — from $114,600 in 54845 (Hertel) to $267,400 in 54830 (Danbury).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 10 people/sq mi in 54830 (Danbury) to 38 in 54872 (Siren).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.4% bachelor's+ in 54845 (Hertel) to 24.2% in 54830 (Danbury) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Wisconsin, this is the #62 most populous of 73 counties and ranks #69 for median household income with the #4 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $61,781 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
21.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,569 of 11,997 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.