ZIP 62069 vs ZIP 62009

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62069 (Mount Olive, IL) and ZIP 62009 (Benld, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62069 has a population of 3,313 at 40 people per square mile, while ZIP 62009 has 1,810 at 186 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 62069 reports a median household income of $59,764 against $45,217 in ZIP 62009, with per-capita income of $37,862 vs $37,438. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.4% in 62069 and 11.2% in 62009. Poverty rate reads 15.9% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 7.0% vs 7.2% — 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 $102,700 in 62069 versus $85,100 in 62009, with median rent of $732 and $813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.4% vs 71.0%. 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.