ZIP 61491 vs ZIP 61483

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61491 (Wyoming, 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 61491 has a population of 2,197 at 9 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 61491 reports a median household income of $62,500 against $63,558 in ZIP 61483, with per-capita income of $36,862 vs $40,907. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.3% in 61491 and 22.5% in 61483. Poverty rate reads 9.5% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 2.3% 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 $119,900 in 61491 versus $109,100 in 61483, with median rent of $675 and $705 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.6% 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.