ZIP 62572 vs ZIP 62672

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62572 (Waggoner, IL) and ZIP 62672 (Nilwood, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62572 has a population of 666 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 62672 has 244 at 129 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 62572 reports a median household income of $92,938 against $46,771 in ZIP 62672, with per-capita income of $38,802 vs $24,078. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 62572 and 6.2% in 62672. Poverty rate reads 7.6% vs 15.2%, and unemployment 16.9% vs 8.3% — 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 $208,300 in 62572 versus $47,600 in 62672, with median rent of $650 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.7% vs 95.4%. 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.