ZIP 61725 vs ZIP 61771

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61725 (Carlock, IL) and ZIP 61771 (Secor, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61725 has a population of 1,547 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 61771 has 860 at 14 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 61725 reports a median household income of $126,083 against $101,600 in ZIP 61771, with per-capita income of $51,223 vs $43,485. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.1% in 61725 and 39.3% in 61771. Poverty rate reads 3.7% vs 6.1%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 8.8% — 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 $261,200 in 61725 versus $317,900 in 61771, with median rent of $1,348 and $782 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.9% vs 95.4%. 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.