ZIP 61545 vs ZIP 61570

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61545 (Lowpoint, IL) and ZIP 61570 (Washburn, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61545 has a population of 646 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 61570 has 1,879 at 11 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 61545 reports a median household income of $72,692 against $71,563 in ZIP 61570, with per-capita income of $37,579 vs $41,703. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.3% in 61545 and 20.6% in 61570. Poverty rate reads 13.7% vs 6.1%, and unemployment 11.2% vs 6.7% — 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 $190,600 in 61545 versus $126,300 in 61570, with median rent of $1,229 and $876 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.7% vs 81.6%. 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.