ZIP 61418 vs ZIP 61447

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61418 (Biggsville, IL) and ZIP 61447 (Kirkwood, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61418 has a population of 673 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 61447 has 924 at 10 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 61418 reports a median household income of $84,375 against $82,583 in ZIP 61447, with per-capita income of $38,825 vs $34,315. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.9% in 61418 and 24.2% in 61447. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 1.9% — 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 $99,200 in 61418 versus $95,900 in 61447, with median rent of $1,080 and $938 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.1% vs 81.2%. 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.