ZIP 60020 vs ZIP 60041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60020 (Fox Lake, IL) and ZIP 60041 (Ingleside, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60020 has a population of 9,825 at 822 people per square mile, while ZIP 60041 has 9,250 at 372 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 60020 reports a median household income of $73,949 against $93,396 in ZIP 60041, with per-capita income of $44,019 vs $44,833. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.7% in 60020 and 26.0% in 60041. Poverty rate reads 10.1% vs 11.3%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 5.5% — 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 $226,200 in 60020 versus $245,300 in 60041, with median rent of $1,221 and $970 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.9% vs 78.9%. 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.