ZIP 61528 vs ZIP 61615

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61528 (Edwards, IL) and ZIP 61615 (Peoria, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61528 has a population of 2,668 at 56 people per square mile, while ZIP 61615 has 22,432 at 274 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 61528 reports a median household income of $183,140 against $79,817 in ZIP 61615, with per-capita income of $70,230 vs $55,272. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 68.5% in 61528 and 54.5% in 61615. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 5.8% — 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 $329,300 in 61528 versus $215,700 in 61615, with median rent of — and $1,134 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.4% vs 58.7%. 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.