ZIP 61811 vs ZIP 61848

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61811 (Alvin, IL) and ZIP 61848 (Henning, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61811 has a population of 703 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 61848 has 227 at 113 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 61811 reports a median household income of $77,222 against $79,500 in ZIP 61848, with per-capita income of $37,378 vs $32,255. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.2% in 61811 and 1.4% in 61848. Poverty rate reads 6.7% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 10.8% — 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 $112,500 in 61811 versus $86,000 in 61848, with median rent of $922 and $1,107 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.5% 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.