ZIP 60021 vs ZIP 60013

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