ZIP 62037 vs ZIP 62022

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62037 (Grafton, IL) and ZIP 62022 (Dow, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62037 has a population of 1,993 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 62022 has 1,138 at 23 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 62037 reports a median household income of $73,454 against $110,703 in ZIP 62022, with per-capita income of $50,637 vs $38,519. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.1% in 62037 and 20.2% in 62022. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 1.1%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 7.5% — 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 $228,500 in 62037 versus $188,300 in 62022, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.9% vs 70.6%. 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.