ZIP 62711 vs ZIP 62704

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62711 (Springfield, IL) and ZIP 62704 (Springfield, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62711 has a population of 15,347 at 193 people per square mile, while ZIP 62704 has 39,831 at 1,274 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 62711 reports a median household income of $124,816 against $69,976 in ZIP 62704, with per-capita income of $74,341 vs $44,517. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.0% in 62711 and 44.0% in 62704. Poverty rate reads 3.1% vs 13.0%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 4.4% — 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 $316,800 in 62711 versus $172,600 in 62704, with median rent of $1,337 and $980 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.8% vs 62.0%. 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.