ZIP 62269 vs ZIP 62208

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62269 (O Fallon, IL) and ZIP 62208 (Fairview Heights, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62269 has a population of 31,348 at 448 people per square mile, while ZIP 62208 has 17,376 at 501 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 62269 reports a median household income of $103,818 against $80,205 in ZIP 62208, with per-capita income of $52,425 vs $39,890. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 52.0% in 62269 and 34.3% in 62208. Poverty rate reads 5.5% vs 9.8%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 6.2% — 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 $291,800 in 62269 versus $176,000 in 62208, with median rent of $1,321 and $1,207 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.3% vs 66.8%. 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.