ZIP 62536 vs ZIP 62530

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62536 (Glenarm, 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 62536 has a population of 912 at 51 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 62536 reports a median household income of $95,809 against $82,188 in ZIP 62530, with per-capita income of $36,816 vs $34,208. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% in 62536 and 31.2% in 62530. Poverty rate reads 2.0% vs 14.2%, and unemployment 4.0% 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 $260,000 in 62536 versus $160,100 in 62530, with median rent of — and $1,034 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.1% 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.