ZIP 63373 vs ZIP 62028

This side-by-side compares ZIP 63373 (Portage Des Sioux, MO) and ZIP 62028 (Elsah, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 63373 has a population of 603 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 62028 has 1,276 at 84 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 63373 reports a median household income of $88,750 against $72,031 in ZIP 62028, with per-capita income of $48,564 vs $25,968. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.1% in 63373 and 53.0% in 62028. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 6.1% — 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 $221,300 in 63373 versus $170,900 in 62028, with median rent of $1,082 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.8% vs 64.8%. 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.