ZIP 62684 vs ZIP 62625

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62684 (Sherman, IL) and ZIP 62625 (Cantrall, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62684 has a population of 5,111 at 79 people per square mile, while ZIP 62625 has 855 at 15 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 62684 reports a median household income of $139,196 against $167,674 in ZIP 62625, with per-capita income of $57,277 vs $56,283. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.4% in 62684 and 37.1% in 62625. Poverty rate reads 1.9% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 0.3% — 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 $305,300 in 62684 versus $228,000 in 62625, with median rent of $2,041 and $1,036 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.1% vs 79.2%. 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.