ZIP 62460 vs ZIP 62410

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62460 (Saint Francisville, IL) and ZIP 62410 (Allendale, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62460 has a population of 1,231 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 62410 has 985 at 10 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 62460 reports a median household income of $66,620 against $80,588 in ZIP 62410, with per-capita income of $30,505 vs $32,962. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.2% in 62460 and 16.8% in 62410. Poverty rate reads 5.6% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 14.9% vs 12.5% — 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 $90,000 in 62460 versus $113,400 in 62410, with median rent of $950 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.7% vs 91.8%. 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.