Neighborhood Scorecard

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 62027 in Eldred, IL blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of B- (65/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $64,375, a median home value of $104,500, 17.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of -. Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 62027, not a national average mapped onto the ZIP.

Cross-agency inputs extend the score beyond Census demographics. If any of these feeds is missing for 62027, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall B- score for 62027 reflects a weighted blend, Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%) - and each dimension is benchmarked against national percentiles rather than in-state-only comparisons. Strengths visible in the raw data include housing, rent. Areas pulling the overall grade down are education. The 6 nearby ZIP codes listed below provide immediate geographic context, two adjacent ZIPs can land several grade letters apart due to school-district boundaries, zoning, and commute arteries.