ZIP 61084 vs ZIP 61010

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61084 (Stillman Valley, IL) and ZIP 61010 (Byron, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61084 has a population of 3,175 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 61010 has 8,032 at 80 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 61084 reports a median household income of $102,817 against $93,613 in ZIP 61010, with per-capita income of $50,892 vs $43,618. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.5% in 61084 and 34.6% in 61010. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 6.8%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 3.1% — 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 $214,100 in 61084 versus $235,000 in 61010, with median rent of $850 and $951 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.0% vs 81.8%. 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.