ZIP 61543 vs ZIP 61524

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61543 (Liverpool, IL) and ZIP 61524 (Dunfermline, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61543 has a population of 151 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 61524 has 262 at 425 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 61543 reports a median household income of $62,692 against $70,000 in ZIP 61524, with per-capita income of $24,521 vs $34,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.9% in 61543 and 6.7% in 61524. Poverty rate reads 18.5% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 2.3% — 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 — in 61543 versus $122,200 in 61524, with median rent of — and $950 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.8% vs 93.5%. 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.