ZIP 61563 vs ZIP 61524

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61563 (Saint David, 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 61563 has a population of 526 at 583 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 61563 reports a median household income of $54,583 against $70,000 in ZIP 61524, with per-capita income of $30,282 vs $34,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.3% in 61563 and 6.7% in 61524. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 1.1% 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 $65,400 in 61563 versus $122,200 in 61524, with median rent of $1,125 and $950 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.0% 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.