ZIP 62533 vs ZIP 62530

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62533 (Farmersville, IL) and ZIP 62530 (Divernon, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62533 has a population of 973 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 62530 has 1,532 at 21 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 62533 reports a median household income of $77,250 against $82,188 in ZIP 62530, with per-capita income of $36,538 vs $34,208. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.9% in 62533 and 31.2% in 62530. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 14.2%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 4.8% - 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 $128,800 in 62533 versus $160,100 in 62530, with median rent of $764 and $1,034 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.6% vs 80.7%. 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.