ZIP 62085 vs ZIP 62009

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62085 (Sawyerville, 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 62085 has a population of 209 at 102 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 62085 reports a median household income of $70,000 against $45,217 in ZIP 62009, with per-capita income of $36,645 vs $37,438. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% in 62085 and 11.2% in 62009. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $85,000 in 62085 versus $85,100 in 62009, with median rent of — and $813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.8% 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.