ZIP 62423 vs ZIP 61955

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62423 (Dennison, IL) and ZIP 61955 (Vermilion, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62423 has a population of 724 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 61955 has 157 at 243 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 62423 reports a median household income of $47,179 against $49,167 in ZIP 61955, with per-capita income of $54,261 vs $25,537. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.2% in 62423 and 9.3% in 61955. Poverty rate reads 18.9% vs 7.9%, and unemployment 9.5% vs 4.3% — 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 $173,300 in 62423 versus $75,000 in 61955, with median rent of — and $1,175 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.8% vs 85.1%. 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.