ZIP 60043 vs ZIP 60091

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60043 (Kenilworth, IL) and ZIP 60091 (Wilmette, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60043 has a population of 2,513 at 1,580 people per square mile, while ZIP 60091 has 27,020 at 1,950 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 60043 reports a median household income of $250,001 against $189,909 in ZIP 60091, with per-capita income of $150,130 vs $112,224. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 91.0% in 60043 and 83.5% in 60091. Poverty rate reads 2.1% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 4.2% — 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 $1,560,300 in 60043 versus $807,200 in 60091, with median rent of — and $1,978 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 97.5% 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.