ZIP 61701 vs ZIP 61705

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61701 (Bloomington, IL) and ZIP 61705 (Bloomington, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61701 has a population of 36,105 at 1,246 people per square mile, while ZIP 61705 has 12,263 at 54 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 61701 reports a median household income of $57,130 against $120,547 in ZIP 61705, with per-capita income of $36,396 vs $59,784. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.5% in 61701 and 57.5% in 61705. Poverty rate reads 16.3% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 1.6% — 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 $144,500 in 61701 versus $328,200 in 61705, with median rent of $909 and $1,276 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 56.7% vs 81.0%. 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.