Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/54474

54474

ZIP 54474 is Rothschild, Wisconsin, in Marathon County; area codes 715 and 534; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Marathon
Metro area
Wausau, WI
Population
4,589
Coordinates
44.8737, -89.6197
☼ Live from 54474 — Rothschild, WI

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 54474 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54474
  • 🔢 Type 54474 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLhhS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,474 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 1297. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010011001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54473 (Rosholt, WI, 20 mi away) and 54475 (Rudolph, WI, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54474 becomes 47445 — and that is a real ZIP code: Midland, IN, 417 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45744, 47445, 47454, 54447, 74445, 74454, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75444 in Golden, TX, 897 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯575 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54474 and you would come out at 44.87°S, 90.38°E — 994 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 5.0 square miles of land, 54474 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.8 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 54474 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population4,589This ZIP4,589
Households1,883This ZIP1,883
Housing units1,908This ZIP1,908
Median age37.5This ZIP37.5Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$81,635This ZIP$81,635Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$193,600This ZIP$193,600Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$970This ZIP$970Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.0%This ZIP33.0%
Mean commute15.6 minThis ZIP15.6 min
Population density914.9 / sq miThis ZIP914.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments130This ZIP130
Employees3,070This ZIP3,070
Annual payroll$193,527,000This ZIP$193,527,000
Tax returns filed2,130This ZIP2,130
Total adjusted gross income$138,785,000This ZIP$138,785,000

Land area

Land area5.02 sq miThis ZIP5.02 sq mi
Water area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi

Other place names in 54474

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 54474

ZIPCityDistance
54476 Schofield, WI 5.0 mi
54402 Wausau, WI 7.6 mi
54401 Wausau, WI 7.8 mi
54455 Mosinee, WI 8.0 mi
54471 Ringle, WI 10.3 mi
54417 Brokaw, WI 10.7 mi
54403 Wausau, WI 11.0 mi
54448 Marathon, WI 11.2 mi
54440 Hatley, WI 12.1 mi
54408 Aniwa, WI 17.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 54474 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54474?

54474 is in Rothschild, Wisconsin, in Marathon County, part of the Wausau, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8737, -89.6197.

What county is 54474 in?

54474 lies in Marathon County.

What area code is 54474?

Rothschild uses area codes 715 and 534, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 54474 in?

54474 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54474?

About 4,589 people live in ZIP code 54474, in 1,883 households, at 914.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 54474?

$81,635 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54474?

The closest are 54476 (5 mi), 54402 (7.6 mi), 54401 (7.8 mi), 54455 (8 mi) and 54471 (10.3 mi).

Is 54474 a PO Box ZIP code?

54474 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “54474 ZIP Code — Rothschild, Wisconsin (Marathon County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/54474

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/54474.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.