ZIP 60101 vs ZIP 60143

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60101 (Addison, IL) and ZIP 60143 (Itasca, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60101 has a population of 39,119 at 1,306 people per square mile, while ZIP 60143 has 10,360 at 581 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 60101 reports a median household income of $90,800 against $114,420 in ZIP 60143, with per-capita income of $39,489 vs $62,939. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.7% in 60101 and 49.2% in 60143. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 2.4% — 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 $338,800 in 60101 versus $398,500 in 60143, with median rent of $1,241 and $1,862 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.4% vs 71.8%. 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.