ZIP 62922 vs ZIP 62967

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62922 (Creal Springs, IL) and ZIP 62967 (New Burnside, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62922 has a population of 3,119 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 62967 has 326 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 62922 reports a median household income of $74,245 against $62,404 in ZIP 62967, with per-capita income of $40,328 vs $26,558. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.8% in 62922 and 9.0% in 62967. Poverty rate reads 12.2% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 9.7% vs 25.3% — 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 $175,100 in 62922 versus $116,700 in 62967, with median rent of $778 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.6% vs 98.9%. 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.