ZIP 62032 vs ZIP 62011

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62032 (Fillmore, IL) and ZIP 62011 (Bingham, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62032 has a population of 749 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 62011 has 284 at 4 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 62032 reports a median household income of $61,000 against $49,821 in ZIP 62011, with per-capita income of $43,260 vs $24,131. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.8% in 62032 and 12.3% in 62011. Poverty rate reads 21.8% vs 15.9%, and unemployment 8.8% vs 0.0% — 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 $67,800 in 62032 versus $143,500 in 62011, with median rent of $663 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.4% vs 100.0%. 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.