ZIP 60041 vs ZIP 60020

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