The 100 Richest Zip Codes in Wisconsin for 2024
In this article, we'll look at the top 100 richest zip codes in Wisconsin and explore some of the demographic statistics of each to see if we can find out why they are the richest.
Before we get started, let's talk about how we determine "the richest zip codes" by explaining how we calculate it.
We use the mean household income for each zip code, which can be found on the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. The ACS is an ongoing survey conducted by the US Census Bureau and, because it's updated yearly, is more up-to-date that the Decennial Survey.
The latest year we have ACS data for is 2022.
Using the mean (or average) household income, we only really have two criteria to determine the richest zip codes:
- The zip code must have a population of at least 500 people.
- The margin of error provided by the Census Bureau for the zip code must be less than 50% of the mean household income estimate.
Richest Zip Codes in Wisconsin
If you're in a rush and just want to see the top 100 zip codes in Wisconsin, here they are, sorted by highest average household income.
The list is long, so you might have to scroll the table to see all of the zip codes. You can click the links in the table to view more demographic statistics about the zip code.
Rank |
Zip Code |
County |
Mean Income |
1 |
53097 |
Ozaukee County |
$222,712.00 |
2 |
53044 |
Sheboygan County |
$191,353.00 |
3 |
53217 |
Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County |
$183,179.00 |
4 |
53092 |
Ozaukee County |
$182,787.00 |
5 |
53122 |
Waukesha County |
$173,043.00 |
6 |
53125 |
Walworth County |
$172,119.00 |
7 |
53058 |
Waukesha County |
$168,802.00 |
8 |
53017 |
Washington County, Waukesha County |
$168,257.00 |
9 |
53045 |
Waukesha County |
$166,912.00 |
10 |
53005 |
Waukesha County |
$161,138.00 |
11 |
53593 |
Dane County |
$160,699.00 |
12 |
53018 |
Waukesha County |
$160,254.00 |
13 |
54082 |
St. Croix County |
$156,660.00 |
14 |
53183 |
Waukesha County |
$156,186.00 |
15 |
53029 |
Washington County, Waukesha County |
$152,905.00 |
16 |
53033 |
Washington County |
$148,750.00 |
17 |
53597 |
Dane County |
$147,839.00 |
18 |
53072 |
Waukesha County |
$144,970.00 |
19 |
53562 |
Dane County |
$143,884.00 |
20 |
54169 |
Calumet County |
$141,792.00 |
21 |
54913 |
Outagamie County |
$140,722.00 |
22 |
53066 |
Dodge County, Jefferson County, Waukesha County |
$138,028.00 |
23 |
54016 |
St. Croix County |
$137,565.00 |
24 |
53153 |
Waukesha County |
$137,206.00 |
25 |
53076 |
Washington County |
$136,609.00 |
26 |
53051 |
Waukesha County |
$134,766.00 |
27 |
54212 |
Door County |
$134,632.00 |
28 |
54003 |
Pierce County |
$133,895.00 |
29 |
54155 |
Brown County, Outagamie County |
$133,323.00 |
30 |
53149 |
Racine County, Walworth County, Waukesha County |
$133,212.00 |
31 |
53189 |
Waukesha County |
$132,605.00 |
32 |
53146 |
Waukesha County |
$131,918.00 |
33 |
53103 |
Waukesha County |
$131,646.00 |
34 |
53089 |
Waukesha County |
$131,555.00 |
35 |
53150 |
Racine County, Waukesha County |
$131,229.00 |
36 |
53575 |
Dane County |
$130,865.00 |
37 |
53717 |
Dane County |
$130,799.00 |
38 |
53558 |
Dane County |
$130,156.00 |
39 |
53012 |
Ozaukee County, Washington County |
$129,898.00 |
40 |
53711 |
Dane County |
$129,430.00 |
41 |
54173 |
Brown County |
$129,075.00 |
42 |
54313 |
Brown County, Outagamie County |
$128,096.00 |
43 |
54942 |
Outagamie County |
$126,590.00 |
44 |
53132 |
Milwaukee County |
$125,964.00 |
45 |
53555 |
Columbia County, Dane County |
$125,911.00 |
46 |
53507 |
Iowa County |
$125,747.00 |
47 |
53572 |
Dane County, Green County |
$125,613.00 |
48 |
53151 |
Waukesha County |
$125,352.00 |
49 |
53560 |
Dane County, Iowa County |
$125,062.00 |
50 |
54209 |
Door County |
$123,840.00 |
51 |
53168 |
Kenosha County |
$123,480.00 |
52 |
54210 |
Door County |
$123,476.00 |
53 |
53022 |
Washington County |
$123,337.00 |
54 |
53527 |
Dane County |
$123,321.00 |
55 |
53158 |
Kenosha County |
$123,295.00 |
56 |
53528 |
Dane County |
$122,129.00 |
57 |
53119 |
Walworth County, Waukesha County |
$121,881.00 |
58 |
53118 |
Jefferson County, Waukesha County |
$121,782.00 |
59 |
54482 |
Portage County |
$121,507.00 |
60 |
53104 |
Kenosha County |
$121,498.00 |
61 |
53185 |
Racine County |
$121,133.00 |
62 |
53069 |
Waukesha County |
$121,099.00 |
63 |
53086 |
Washington County |
$120,735.00 |
64 |
53574 |
Dane County, Green County |
$120,542.00 |
65 |
54113 |
Outagamie County |
$119,906.00 |
66 |
53523 |
Dane County, Jefferson County |
$119,157.00 |
67 |
53213 |
Milwaukee County |
$118,851.00 |
68 |
53532 |
Columbia County, Dane County |
$117,910.00 |
69 |
54914 |
Outagamie County, Winnebago County |
$117,769.00 |
70 |
53226 |
Milwaukee County |
$117,393.00 |
71 |
54141 |
Oconto County |
$117,357.00 |
72 |
54944 |
Outagamie County |
$116,681.00 |
73 |
53561 |
Columbia County, Sauk County |
$116,298.00 |
74 |
53211 |
Milwaukee County |
$115,914.00 |
75 |
54171 |
Oconto County |
$115,806.00 |
76 |
53065 |
Dodge County, Fond du Lac County |
$115,413.00 |
77 |
54636 |
La Crosse County |
$115,312.00 |
78 |
53126 |
Racine County |
$115,260.00 |
79 |
53590 |
Dane County |
$115,053.00 |
80 |
53120 |
Racine County, Walworth County |
$114,945.00 |
81 |
53577 |
Sauk County |
$114,718.00 |
82 |
53531 |
Dane County |
$114,697.00 |
83 |
53515 |
Dane County |
$114,655.00 |
84 |
53705 |
Dane County |
$114,338.00 |
85 |
53105 |
Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth County |
$114,120.00 |
86 |
54023 |
St. Croix County |
$114,100.00 |
87 |
54021 |
Pierce County |
$113,554.00 |
88 |
54115 |
Brown County, Outagamie County |
$113,548.00 |
89 |
53170 |
Kenosha County |
$113,104.00 |
90 |
53521 |
Dane County, Green County, Rock County |
$112,566.00 |
91 |
54563 |
Rusk County |
$112,543.00 |
92 |
53137 |
Jefferson County |
$112,256.00 |
93 |
53108 |
Racine County |
$112,074.00 |
94 |
53719 |
Dane County |
$112,070.00 |
95 |
54423 |
Portage County |
$112,019.00 |
96 |
53508 |
Dane County, Green County |
$111,672.00 |
97 |
53191 |
Walworth County |
$111,630.00 |
98 |
53589 |
Dane County, Rock County |
$111,558.00 |
99 |
54947 |
Winnebago County |
$110,987.00 |
100 |
53020 |
Calumet County, Manitowoc County, Sheboygan County |
$110,968.00 |
Demographic Statistics for the 10 Richest Zip Codes in Wisconsin
Now that we've seen the top 100 zip codes in Wisconsin, let's take a look at some of the demographic statistics for each zip code.
We'll focus on the top 10 richest zip codes in Wisconsin to see if there any similarities or differences between them.
Household Income by Age
In the table below, we can compare the household income by age for each of the zip codes.
Zip Code |
Under 25 |
25 to 44 |
45 to 64 |
65 and Over |
53097 |
$0.00 |
$210,385.00 |
$216,406.00 |
$74,667.00 |
53044 |
$0.00 |
$114,688.00 |
$176,042.00 |
$88,000.00 |
53217 |
$44,028.00 |
$125,370.00 |
$157,463.00 |
$82,100.00 |
53092 |
$0.00 |
$139,957.00 |
$162,148.00 |
$65,524.00 |
53122 |
$0.00 |
$152,250.00 |
$149,352.00 |
$89,231.00 |
53125 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$171,607.00 |
$86,635.00 |
53058 |
$0.00 |
$164,479.00 |
$160,250.00 |
$73,203.00 |
53017 |
$0.00 |
$156,350.00 |
$133,056.00 |
$84,000.00 |
53045 |
$39,169.00 |
$150,208.00 |
$164,000.00 |
$68,807.00 |
53005 |
$0.00 |
$142,560.00 |
$144,260.00 |
$89,590.00 |
Note than any fields showing as $0 are because the data was not available from the latest ACS.
We can see from the data above that the most common age bracket for the richest zip codes in Wisconsin is 45 to 64, with 70.00% of the top earners falling into this age bracket.
The list below shows all of the top age brackets for the richest zip codes in Wisconsin.
- 70.00% of the richest zip codes in Wisconsin were aged 45 to 64
- 30.00% of the richest zip codes in Wisconsin were aged 25 to 44
Race and Ethnicity
We can also look at the race and ethnicity for the richest zip codes in Wisconsin. To do that, we created averages for each race reported for the zip code by the ACS survey.
The chart below shows the most common races living in the richest zip codes in Wisconsin:
This shows that the most common race across the richest zip codes in Wisconsin is "Black/African American".
Education Levels
Another interesting demographic to look at would be the education levels of the people living in the richest zip codes in Wisconsin.
Just like we did with the race and ethnicity numbers, we can create averages for each of the education levels the Census Bureau tracks for each zip code, by summing them and dividing by the number of zip codes we're comparing.
The chart below shows the most common education level of people living in the richest zip codes in Wisconsin:
-
Bachelor's degree
52.49%
-
Master's degree or higher
25.61%
-
High school diploma or equivalent
15.31%
-
Some college or associate's degree
5.62%
-
Less than high school diploma
0.98%
The data shows that 78.09% of people living in the richest zip codes in Wisconsin have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Conclusion
Hopefully, this article has given you some interesting insights into why the richest zip codes in Wisconsin are so wealthy based on the common demographics between them.
In the future, we will try to add more data to this article and pull out more interesting insights from the information.