ZIP 52767 vs ZIP 61256

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52767 (Pleasant Valley, IA) and ZIP 61256 (Hampton, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52767 has a population of 349 at 202 people per square mile, while ZIP 61256 has 1,822 at 533 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 52767 reports a median household income of — against $90,406 in ZIP 61256, with per-capita income of $100,427 vs $50,438. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.7% in 52767 and 30.6% in 61256. Poverty rate reads 16.3% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.3% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $391,800 in 52767 versus $184,900 in 61256, with median rent of — and $941 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 86.6%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.