ZIP 61524 vs ZIP 61563

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61524 (Dunfermline, IL) and ZIP 61563 (Saint David, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61524 has a population of 262 at 425 people per square mile, while ZIP 61563 has 526 at 583 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 61524 reports a median household income of $70,000 against $54,583 in ZIP 61563, with per-capita income of $34,879 vs $30,282. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.7% in 61524 and 14.3% in 61563. Poverty rate reads 12.4% vs 16.1%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 1.1% — 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 $122,200 in 61524 versus $65,400 in 61563, with median rent of $950 and $1,125 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.5% vs 95.0%. 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.