ZIP 61933 vs ZIP 61949

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61933 (Kansas, IL) and ZIP 61949 (Redmon, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61933 has a population of 1,141 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 61949 has 179 at 24 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 61933 reports a median household income of $75,938 against $69,375 in ZIP 61949, with per-capita income of $35,683 vs $41,159. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.6% in 61933 and 17.6% in 61949. Poverty rate reads 14.5% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 6.5% 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 $86,600 in 61933 versus $77,900 in 61949, with median rent of $726 and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.5% vs 78.8%. 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.