ZIP 61417 vs ZIP 61423

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61417 (Berwick, IL) and ZIP 61423 (Cameron, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61417 has a population of 259 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 61423 has 682 at 5 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 61417 reports a median household income of $105,724 against $78,594 in ZIP 61423, with per-capita income of $45,112 vs $36,987. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.2% in 61417 and 7.5% in 61423. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 24.9%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 6.9% — 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 $107,200 in 61417 versus $123,500 in 61423, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 75.6%. 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.