ZIP 62014 vs ZIP 62021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62014 (Bunker Hill, IL) and ZIP 62021 (Dorsey, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62014 has a population of 4,122 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 62021 has 936 at 18 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 62014 reports a median household income of $93,233 against $107,454 in ZIP 62021, with per-capita income of $47,605 vs $52,204. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 62014 and 31.7% in 62021. Poverty rate reads 5.2% vs 1.6%, and unemployment 3.0% 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 $204,400 in 62014 versus $247,600 in 62021, with median rent of $918 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.0% vs 99.7%. 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.