ZIP 61080 vs ZIP 61073

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61080 (South Beloit, IL) and ZIP 61073 (Roscoe, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61080 has a population of 10,599 at 163 people per square mile, while ZIP 61073 has 20,052 at 283 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 61080 reports a median household income of $76,579 against $102,064 in ZIP 61073, with per-capita income of $40,181 vs $44,255. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.1% in 61080 and 38.0% in 61073. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 4.9%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 4.9% — 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 $181,200 in 61080 versus $239,100 in 61073, with median rent of $942 and $1,441 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.9% vs 80.3%. 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.