ZIP 60088 vs ZIP 60064

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60088 (Great Lakes, IL) and ZIP 60064 (North Chicago, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60088 has a population of 15,761 at 2,579 people per square mile, while ZIP 60064 has 15,407 at 1,147 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 60088 reports a median household income of $66,008 against $49,195 in ZIP 60064, with per-capita income of $24,596 vs $22,306. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.6% in 60088 and 18.0% in 60064. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 27.8%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 9.6% — 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 — in 60088 versus $152,200 in 60064, with median rent of $1,843 and $1,071 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.5% vs 41.6%. 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.