ZIP 61073 vs ZIP 61080

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61073 (Roscoe, IL) and ZIP 61080 (South Beloit, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61073 has a population of 20,052 at 283 people per square mile, while ZIP 61080 has 10,599 at 163 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 61073 reports a median household income of $102,064 against $76,579 in ZIP 61080, with per-capita income of $44,255 vs $40,181. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.0% in 61073 and 27.1% in 61080. Poverty rate reads 4.9% vs 10.6%, and unemployment 4.9% 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 $239,100 in 61073 versus $181,200 in 61080, with median rent of $1,441 and $942 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.3% vs 72.9%. 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.