ZIP 61736 vs ZIP 61752

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61736 (Downs, IL) and ZIP 61752 (Le Roy, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61736 has a population of 1,808 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 61752 has 4,339 at 20 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 61736 reports a median household income of $110,444 against $87,591 in ZIP 61752, with per-capita income of $46,488 vs $42,746. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 56.8% in 61736 and 37.2% in 61752. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 2.6% — 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 $276,000 in 61736 versus $178,100 in 61752, with median rent of $948 and $842 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.7% vs 80.0%. 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.