ZIP 61450 vs ZIP 61420

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61450 (La Harpe, IL) and ZIP 61420 (Blandinsville, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61450 has a population of 1,742 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 61420 has 1,067 at 6 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 61450 reports a median household income of $59,688 against $69,375 in ZIP 61420, with per-capita income of $30,527 vs $30,368. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.3% in 61450 and 21.5% in 61420. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 2.4% — 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 $94,700 in 61450 versus $91,300 in 61420, with median rent of $764 and $1,021 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.3% vs 84.1%. 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.