ZIP 60912 vs ZIP 60931

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60912 (Beaverville, IL) and ZIP 60931 (Donovan, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60912 has a population of 599 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 60931 has 615 at 5 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 60912 reports a median household income of $59,375 against $53,500 in ZIP 60931, with per-capita income of $36,503 vs $33,736. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.2% in 60912 and 20.4% in 60931. Poverty rate reads 13.1% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 11.6% — 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 $81,800 in 60912 versus $104,700 in 60931, with median rent of $774 and $1,021 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.8% vs 91.1%. 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.