ZIP 62960 vs ZIP 62910

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62960 (Metropolis, IL) and ZIP 62910 (Brookport, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62960 has a population of 11,603 at 39 people per square mile, while ZIP 62910 has 2,865 at 11 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 62960 reports a median household income of $63,102 against $59,514 in ZIP 62910, with per-capita income of $32,988 vs $26,692. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.4% in 62960 and 10.6% in 62910. Poverty rate reads 15.7% vs 21.5%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 2.9% — 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 $132,500 in 62960 versus $85,200 in 62910, with median rent of $748 and $831 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.1% vs 80.5%. 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.