ZIP 62967 vs ZIP 62972

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62967 (New Burnside, IL) and ZIP 62972 (Ozark, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62967 has a population of 326 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 62972 has 1,205 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 62967 reports a median household income of $62,404 against $84,175 in ZIP 62972, with per-capita income of $26,558 vs $40,891. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.0% in 62967 and 26.5% in 62972. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 1.8%, and unemployment 25.3% vs 5.2% — 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 $116,700 in 62967 versus $188,800 in 62972, with median rent of — and $1,338 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.9% vs 90.7%. 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.