ZIP 61449 vs ZIP 61483

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61449 (La Fayette, IL) and ZIP 61483 (Toulon, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61449 has a population of 512 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 61483 has 1,961 at 8 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 61449 reports a median household income of $51,635 against $63,558 in ZIP 61483, with per-capita income of $46,708 vs $40,907. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.1% in 61449 and 22.5% in 61483. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.0% — 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 $66,100 in 61449 versus $109,100 in 61483, with median rent of — and $705 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.1% vs 76.9%. 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.