ZIP 61941 vs ZIP 61942

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61941 (Murdock, IL) and ZIP 61942 (Newman, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61941 has a population of 57 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 61942 has 1,202 at 7 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 61941 reports a median household income of — against $76,884 in ZIP 61942, with per-capita income of $20,681 vs $37,840. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 61941 and 18.9% in 61942. Poverty rate reads 23.2% vs 8.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 5.1% — 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 — in 61941 versus $110,400 in 61942, with median rent of — and $833 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 88.5%. 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.