ZIP 62313 vs ZIP 62334

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62313 (Basco, IL) and ZIP 62334 (Elvaston, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62313 has a population of 389 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 62334 has 172 at 30 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 62313 reports a median household income of $108,646 against $38,750 in ZIP 62334, with per-capita income of $41,214 vs $22,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.0% in 62313 and 3.1% in 62334. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 18.4%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 0.0% — 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 $133,400 in 62313 versus $126,800 in 62334, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.7% vs 75.3%. 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.