ZIP 62312 vs ZIP 62345

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62312 (Barry, IL) and ZIP 62345 (Kinderhook, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62312 has a population of 2,162 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 62345 has 357 at 6 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 62312 reports a median household income of $68,571 against $61,607 in ZIP 62345, with per-capita income of $27,045 vs $28,265. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.2% in 62312 and 17.5% in 62345. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 17.6%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 6.5% — 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 $98,300 in 62312 versus $68,200 in 62345, with median rent of $655 and $638 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.4% vs 77.0%. 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.