ZIP 62560 vs ZIP 62538

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62560 (Raymond, IL) and ZIP 62538 (Harvel, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62560 has a population of 1,508 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 62538 has 378 at 4 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 62560 reports a median household income of $80,781 against $85,563 in ZIP 62538, with per-capita income of $36,506 vs $29,780. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.9% in 62560 and 19.3% in 62538. Poverty rate reads 17.2% vs 14.0%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $110,000 in 62560 versus $86,700 in 62538, with median rent of $923 and $759 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 75.2%. 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.