ZIP 62420 vs ZIP 62447

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62420 (Casey, IL) and ZIP 62447 (Neoga, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62420 has a population of 4,759 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 62447 has 3,404 at 22 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 62420 reports a median household income of $65,771 against $87,292 in ZIP 62447, with per-capita income of $37,750 vs $40,996. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.6% in 62420 and 23.6% in 62447. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 1.8% — 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 $140,400 in 62420 versus $154,400 in 62447, with median rent of $701 and $941 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.2% vs 87.7%. 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.