ZIP 62712 vs ZIP 62703

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62712 (Springfield, IL) and ZIP 62703 (Springfield, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62712 has a population of 10,302 at 187 people per square mile, while ZIP 62703 has 30,333 at 762 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 62712 reports a median household income of $110,179 against $45,009 in ZIP 62703, with per-capita income of $59,812 vs $27,156. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.6% in 62712 and 22.1% in 62703. Poverty rate reads 3.3% vs 29.1%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 13.3% — 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 $256,000 in 62712 versus $96,500 in 62703, with median rent of $1,108 and $1,004 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 57.5%. 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.