| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 715 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:18 PM |
| Population: | 4,172 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 55037 |
| CBSA: | Iron Mountain, MI-WI |
| Land Area: | 659 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 11 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 45.8256, -88.4942 |
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4,172 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 659 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,889 to 4,172 from 2014 to 2024 — a +7.3% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 54121 (Florence, $58,750 median) and poorest ZIP 54542 (Long Lake, $46,607) are 18.7 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.6× across this county — from $122,000 in 54542 (Long Lake) to $189,600 in 54121 (Florence).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 54542 (Long Lake) to 10 in 54121 (Florence).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.4% bachelor's+ in 54120 (Fence) to 28.2% in 54121 (Florence) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Wisconsin, this is the #71 most populous of 73 counties and ranks #72 for median household income with the #10 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,459 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (825 of 3,299 reporting).
3 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.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.