ZIP 62442 vs ZIP 62420

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62442 (Martinsville, IL) and ZIP 62420 (Casey, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62442 has a population of 2,421 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 62420 has 4,759 at 15 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 62442 reports a median household income of $70,284 against $65,771 in ZIP 62420, with per-capita income of $35,851 vs $37,750. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.4% in 62442 and 18.6% in 62420. Poverty rate reads 14.4% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 4.7% — 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 $87,200 in 62442 versus $140,400 in 62420, with median rent of $635 and $701 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.1% vs 84.2%. 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.