ZIP 62539 vs ZIP 62547

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62539 (Illiopolis, IL) and ZIP 62547 (Mount Auburn, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62539 has a population of 1,358 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 62547 has 804 at 7 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 62539 reports a median household income of $82,750 against $59,750 in ZIP 62547, with per-capita income of $38,220 vs $33,832. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.6% in 62539 and 12.8% in 62547. Poverty rate reads 7.2% vs 20.6%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 2.0% — 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 $123,400 in 62539 versus $94,600 in 62547, with median rent of $663 and $1,154 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.6% vs 91.6%. 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.