ZIP 62513 vs ZIP 62567

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62513 (Blue Mound, IL) and ZIP 62567 (Stonington, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62513 has a population of 1,766 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 62567 has 1,154 at 12 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 62513 reports a median household income of $83,125 against $71,471 in ZIP 62567, with per-capita income of $41,540 vs $36,147. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.4% in 62513 and 19.6% in 62567. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 11.7%, and unemployment 6.9% vs 4.2% — 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 $142,900 in 62513 versus $115,600 in 62567, with median rent of $950 and $884 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.3% vs 82.4%. 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.