ZIP 62219 vs ZIP 62218

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62219 (Beckemeyer, IL) and ZIP 62218 (Bartelso, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62219 has a population of 1,009 at 643 people per square mile, while ZIP 62218 has 1,481 at 12 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 62219 reports a median household income of $63,603 against $91,250 in ZIP 62218, with per-capita income of $34,389 vs $45,478. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.6% in 62219 and 29.7% in 62218. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 2.2%, and unemployment 9.9% vs 0.8% — 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 $121,300 in 62219 versus $217,800 in 62218, with median rent of $961 and $663 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.9% vs 92.3%. 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.