ZIP 60046 vs ZIP 60002

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60046 (Lake Villa, IL) and ZIP 60002 (Antioch, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60046 has a population of 35,111 at 592 people per square mile, while ZIP 60002 has 24,299 at 288 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 60046 reports a median household income of $126,042 against $104,981 in ZIP 60002, with per-capita income of $53,329 vs $50,395. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.7% in 60046 and 36.3% in 60002. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 8.6%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 7.8% — 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 $308,100 in 60046 versus $301,900 in 60002, with median rent of $1,655 and $1,177 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.2% vs 79.3%. 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.