ZIP 62828 vs ZIP 62810

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62828 (Dahlgren, IL) and ZIP 62810 (Belle Rive, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62828 has a population of 1,426 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 62810 has 1,089 at 7 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 62828 reports a median household income of $70,583 against $57,969 in ZIP 62810, with per-capita income of $29,839 vs $28,504. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.0% in 62828 and 17.4% in 62810. Poverty rate reads 8.5% vs 10.8%, and unemployment 11.8% vs 5.5% — 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 $113,000 in 62828 versus $117,700 in 62810, with median rent of $431 and $597 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.7% vs 71.7%. 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.