ZIP 62810 vs ZIP 62872

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62810 (Belle Rive, IL) and ZIP 62872 (Opdyke, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62810 has a population of 1,089 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 62872 has 1,178 at 19 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 62810 reports a median household income of $57,969 against $62,344 in ZIP 62872, with per-capita income of $28,504 vs $30,397. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.4% in 62810 and 6.9% in 62872. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 15.8%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 4.0% — 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 $117,700 in 62810 versus $87,700 in 62872, with median rent of $597 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.7% vs 92.4%. 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.