ZIP 62919 vs ZIP 62931

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62919 (Cave In Rock, IL) and ZIP 62931 (Elizabethtown, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62919 has a population of 1,003 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 62931 has 1,571 at 6 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 62919 reports a median household income of $63,942 against $49,605 in ZIP 62931, with per-capita income of $36,518 vs $28,177. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.6% in 62919 and 12.0% in 62931. Poverty rate reads 7.6% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.8% — 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 $161,900 in 62919 versus $105,100 in 62931, with median rent of $490 and $246 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.1% vs 78.2%. 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.