ZIP 61419 vs ZIP 61434

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61419 (Bishop Hill, IL) and ZIP 61434 (Galva, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61419 has a population of 128 at 94 people per square mile, while ZIP 61434 has 3,312 at 16 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 61419 reports a median household income of $56,429 against $56,780 in ZIP 61434, with per-capita income of $35,786 vs $31,823. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.0% in 61419 and 21.4% in 61434. Poverty rate reads 9.0% vs 16.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.9% — 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 $102,500 in 61419 versus $100,100 in 61434, with median rent of — and $781 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.7% vs 79.8%. 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.