ZIP 60013 vs ZIP 60021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60013 (Cary, IL) and ZIP 60021 (Fox River Grove, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60013 has a population of 26,872 at 711 people per square mile, while ZIP 60021 has 5,545 at 981 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 60013 reports a median household income of $120,604 against $119,176 in ZIP 60021, with per-capita income of $55,958 vs $52,747. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.7% in 60013 and 42.6% in 60021. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 5.9% — 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 $314,400 in 60013 versus $292,800 in 60021, with median rent of $1,500 and $2,186 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 88.3%. 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.