ZIP 61014 vs ZIP 61051

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61014 (Chadwick, IL) and ZIP 61051 (Milledgeville, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61014 has a population of 1,173 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 61051 has 1,574 at 11 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 61014 reports a median household income of $69,329 against $59,565 in ZIP 61051, with per-capita income of $36,330 vs $32,528. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 61014 and 19.4% in 61051. Poverty rate reads 11.5% vs 9.3%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 4.5% — 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 $103,800 in 61014 versus $104,200 in 61051, with median rent of — and $550 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.4% vs 84.1%. 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.