ZIP 61437 vs ZIP 61418

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61437 (Gladstone, IL) and ZIP 61418 (Biggsville, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61437 has a population of 818 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 61418 has 673 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 61437 reports a median household income of $66,000 against $84,375 in ZIP 61418, with per-capita income of $35,052 vs $38,825. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 5.9% in 61437 and 30.9% in 61418. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 13.4%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 3.2% — 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 $131,300 in 61437 versus $99,200 in 61418, with median rent of $1,299 and $1,080 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.1% vs 83.1%. 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.