ZIP 61448 vs ZIP 61430

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61448 (Knoxville, IL) and ZIP 61430 (East Galesburg, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61448 has a population of 3,823 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 61430 has 828 at 184 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 61448 reports a median household income of $82,500 against $79,333 in ZIP 61430, with per-capita income of $35,509 vs $46,870. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 61448 and 28.0% in 61430. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 17.5%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 4.6% — 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 $146,100 in 61448 versus $123,700 in 61430, with median rent of $614 and $1,046 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.6% vs 83.6%. 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.