ZIP 62006 vs ZIP 62047

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62006 (Batchtown, IL) and ZIP 62047 (Hardin, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62006 has a population of 648 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 62047 has 1,555 at 17 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 62006 reports a median household income of $94,444 against $116,250 in ZIP 62047, with per-capita income of $32,028 vs $40,244. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.0% in 62006 and 21.0% in 62047. Poverty rate reads 2.3% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.7% - 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 $221,300 in 62006 versus $179,000 in 62047, with median rent of - and $476 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.3% vs 85.0%. 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.