ZIP 60126 vs ZIP 60163

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60126 (Elmhurst, IL) and ZIP 60163 (Berkeley, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60126 has a population of 46,371 at 1,612 people per square mile, while ZIP 60163 has 5,209 at 1,249 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 60126 reports a median household income of $147,566 against $85,823 in ZIP 60163, with per-capita income of $77,520 vs $33,254. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 63.6% in 60126 and 18.6% in 60163. Poverty rate reads 3.3% vs 17.5%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 3.6% — 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 $540,300 in 60126 versus $246,900 in 60163, with median rent of $1,983 and $1,434 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.7% vs 82.0%. 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.