ZIP Code 53210

In ZIP 53210, on Milwaukee's north side, households bring in a median of $48,217 a year, or about $23,884 per person. A home valued at $174,400 would draw roughly $3,366 in county property taxes at the 1.93% rate, a real line item against that income. Add the 7.90% combined sales tax on everyday purchases, and the squeeze shows up in daily spending as much as in housing costs. Budgets here stretch thinner than the metro average, so each expense category — mortgage or rent, groceries, gas — competes for a share of paychecks that don't leave much slack.