ZIP 62701 vs ZIP 62702

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62701 (Springfield, IL) and ZIP 62702 (Springfield, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62701 has a population of 1,152 at 1,169 people per square mile, while ZIP 62702 has 37,281 at 934 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 62701 reports a median household income of $32,195 against $51,136 in ZIP 62702, with per-capita income of $37,856 vs $30,900. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.8% in 62701 and 18.8% in 62702. Poverty rate reads 35.3% vs 23.1%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 8.4% — 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 — in 62701 versus $103,500 in 62702, with median rent of $675 and $884 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 2.8% vs 64.3%. 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.