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54512 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 54512 covers Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, with a population of about 1,466 and a median household income of $71,875.

Population
1,46618 per square mile
Median age
58.319.6 points above the US average
Median household income
$71,8755% below the Wisconsin median
Poverty rate
8.5%3.9 points below the US average
Typical home value
$424,019up 21.1% in five years
Median rent
$92412% below the Wisconsin median
Degree or higher
28%7 points below the US average
Homeownership
75%10 points above the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
48

Where 54512 is

Boulder Junction, Wisconsin — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population1,466
Median age58.3
Family households67.2%
Born outside the US0.5%
Speaks a language other than English at home0.6%
White (non-Hispanic)96.2%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino1.6%
Veterans10.3%
Population by age
MaleFemale0-45-910-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485+
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income$71,875
Income per person$40,428
Poverty rate8.5%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance13.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k3.5%
$10–15k0.6%
$15–20k0.0%
$20–25k1.8%
$25–30k9.4%
$30–35k3.7%
$35–40k2.3%
$40–45k8.2%
$45–50k1.1%
$50–60k11.1%
$60–75k13.4%
$75–100k17.3%
$100–125k11.6%
$125–150k6.2%
$150–200k5.5%
$200k or more4.3%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed660
Mean adjusted gross income$85,486
Returns declaring $200,000 or more7.6%
Returns, under $25k30.3%
Returns, $25k–$50k22.7%
Returns, $50k–$75k12.1%
Returns, $75k–$100k9.1%
Returns, $100k–$200k18.2%
Returns, $200k or more7.6%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value$280,700
Median gross rent$924
Rent as a share of household income24.2%
Owner-occupied75%
Vacant homes53.4%
Median year built1980

What the homes are

Detached house89.6%
Attached house0.7%
2 to 4 units1.9%
5 to 19 units5.1%
20 or more units0.2%
Mobile home2.4%
Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value$424,019as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 yearup 6%
Typical home value, 5 yearsup 21.1%
Typical home value, 10 yearsup 59.5%
Typical home value since 2000
201220192026$424,019$245,687

$255,367 in 2012 to $424,019 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate1.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher28%
High school diploma or higher95.8%
Works from home6.8%
Drives to work alone81.4%
Takes public transport0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more3.7%
Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity36.6% 3.2 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes14.3% 2.3 pts above the national average of 12%
Currently smokes11.9% 1.3 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure44.7% 10.6 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health17.7% 2.6 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)5.2% 6.1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression20.7% 1.2 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity27.6% 2.2 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis37.8% 12.7 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking14.5% 1.5 pts below the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication85.3% 10.6 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)14.5% 6.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma10.2% same as the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease10.4% 4.2 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year83.5% 6.8 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening92.6% 6.7 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability9.9% 4.9 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening77.4% 13.1 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD8.4% 1.8 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist72.5% 11.2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability32.1% 1.4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support16.4% 8.4 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity7.8% 9.3 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps8.3% 6 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability10.5% 3.8 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol44.9% 8.7 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity5.6% 8.2 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability7.5% 0.9 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport4.4% 4.8 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness25.7% 8.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use80.7% 4.8 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)11.6% 5.2 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability16.9% 2.9 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)14.4% 0.9 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability3.9% same as the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat3.5% 5.3 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours24.9% 11.5 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke4.7% 1.3 pts above the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost7.8% 5.2 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability4.6% 1 pts below the national average of 5.6%
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Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments48
People employed217
Annual payroll$9,169,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 80.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate to Relatively High across the 4 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss76.8 out of 100
Community resilience50.8 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Cold wave99.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind93.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather92.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning88.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail84Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding83.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide72.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire69.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm63.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought57Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado48.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave3.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake1.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Wisconsin and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPWisconsinUnited States
Median household income$71,875$75,670$78,538
Income per person$40,428$42,019$43,289
Poverty rate8.5%10.6%12.4%
Median home value$280,700$247,400$303,400
Median gross rent$924$1,045$1,348
Homeownership75%67.9%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher28%32.8%35%
Unemployment rate1.7%3.3%5.2%
Works from home6.8%11.6%13.5%
Born outside the US0.5%5.1%13.9%
Median age58.340.138.7
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationREST LAKE, WI US18.9 km away
Rain in a year32 in
Snow in a year75 in

Average high and low by month

January20°F / 0.4°F1.21 in rain, 16.7 in snow
February25.2°F / 2.9°F0.93 in rain, 12.7 in snow
March36.9°F / 13.5°F1.5 in rain, 10.9 in snow
April50.4°F / 27.4°F2.54 in rain, 7.2 in snow
May64.7°F / 40.9°F3.69 in rain, 0.3 in snow
June73.7°F / 50.5°F4.38 in rain
July77.5°F / 54.4°F4.13 in rain
August75.6°F / 52.6°F3.3 in rain
September67.1°F / 45.1°F3.66 in rain, 0.1 in snow
October53.1°F / 33.1°F3.57 in rain, 2.9 in snow
November37.1°F / 21.5°F1.93 in rain, 9.1 in snow
December24.8°F / 8.7°F1.42 in rain, 15.3 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Lakeland Union High School District48.9% of this ZIP code's land area
North Lakeland School District48.2% of this ZIP code's land area
Northland Pines School District2.1% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability19more vulnerable than 19% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status29more vulnerable than 29% of US census tracts
Household characteristics19more vulnerable than 19% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status4more vulnerable than 4% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport34more vulnerable than 34% of US census tracts
Walkability6.5 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

54561 Star Lake, WI12.6 km away
54557 Presque Isle, WI12.8 km away
54560 Sayner, WI16.4 km away
54545 Manitowish Waters, WI17.1 km away
54568 Woodruff, WI22 km away
54558 Saint Germain, WI24.2 km away
54540 Land O Lakes, WI24.5 km away
54538 Lac Du Flambeau, WI25.2 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Vilas County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area83.43 sq mi
Water area20.51 sq mi
Population density18 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude46.1112, -89.6325

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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