ZIP 62825 vs ZIP 62822

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62825 (Coello, IL) and ZIP 62822 (Christopher, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62825 has a population of 203 at 250 people per square mile, while ZIP 62822 has 2,574 at 369 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 62825 reports a median household income of $48,750 against $47,770 in ZIP 62822, with per-capita income of $28,718 vs $27,713. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.2% in 62825 and 14.3% in 62822. Poverty rate reads 5.9% vs 20.6%, and unemployment 17.5% vs 6.7% — 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 $68,600 in 62825 versus $67,600 in 62822, with median rent of — and $725 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.8% vs 72.5%. 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.