ZIP 61007 vs ZIP 61030

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61007 (Baileyville, IL) and ZIP 61030 (Forreston, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61007 has a population of 534 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 61030 has 2,205 at 14 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 61007 reports a median household income of — against $71,655 in ZIP 61030, with per-capita income of $41,523 vs $31,946. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.0% in 61007 and 18.4% in 61030. Poverty rate reads 9.2% vs 4.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.8% — 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 — in 61007 versus $157,200 in 61030, with median rent of — and $731 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.6% vs 82.7%. 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.