ZIP 61064 vs ZIP 61030

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61064 (Polo, 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 61064 has a population of 3,868 at 14 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 61064 reports a median household income of $75,386 against $71,655 in ZIP 61030, with per-capita income of $37,498 vs $31,946. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.1% in 61064 and 18.4% in 61030. Poverty rate reads 14.0% vs 4.1%, and unemployment 2.5% 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 $164,400 in 61064 versus $157,200 in 61030, with median rent of $878 and $731 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.6% 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.