ZIP 54642 · Melrose
Who lives in ZIP code 54642 (Melrose, WI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Melrose, WI · Jackson County
uszips 2026
People2,259
Median age39.4
Household income$73,452
Home value$211,766
Median rent$872/mo
Poverty15.5%
College degree+18.3%
Commute32 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 10 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 842
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
17.7% are 65 or older; 74.1% are adults.
Household income
34.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $36,941.
Education (adults 25+)
44.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.8%
- Never married
- 28.3%
- Divorced
- 12.1%
- Widowed
- 3.8%
- Family size
- 3.12
- Dual-income families
- 55.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 84.1%
- Rent burden
- 25.1%
- Men / women
- 53% / 47%
Work
- In labor force
- 67.7%
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
- Self-employed
- 12.8%
- Farmers
- 10.6%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 16.0%
- Veterans
- 7.6%
- With a disability
- 11.2%
- No health insurance
- 8.6%
- Limited English
- 0.4%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.