ZIP 62221 vs ZIP 62225

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62221 (Belleville, IL) and ZIP 62225 (Scott Air Force Base, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62221 has a population of 27,858 at 313 people per square mile, while ZIP 62225 has 5,381 at 293 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 62221 reports a median household income of $82,271 against $103,284 in ZIP 62225, with per-capita income of $41,109 vs $34,642. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.4% in 62221 and 38.4% in 62225. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 1.0% — 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 $217,500 in 62221 versus — in 62225, with median rent of $1,152 and $1,665 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.2% vs 2.7%. 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.