ZIP 62345 vs ZIP 62312

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