ZIP 62872 vs ZIP 62810

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62872 (Opdyke, 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 62872 has a population of 1,178 at 19 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 62872 reports a median household income of $62,344 against $57,969 in ZIP 62810, with per-capita income of $30,397 vs $28,504. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.9% in 62872 and 17.4% in 62810. Poverty rate reads 15.8% vs 10.8%, and unemployment 4.0% 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 $87,700 in 62872 versus $117,700 in 62810, with median rent of — and $597 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.4% 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.