ZIP 60130 vs ZIP 60141

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60130 (Forest Park, IL) and ZIP 60141 (Hines, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60130 has a population of 14,167 at 1,975 people per square mile, while ZIP 60141 has 224 at 206 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 60130 reports a median household income of $77,221 against $18,717 in ZIP 60141, with per-capita income of $54,640 vs $18,642. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.5% in 60130 and 23.1% in 60141. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 33.7%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 0.0% — 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 $304,700 in 60130 versus — in 60141, with median rent of $1,367 and $541 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.8% vs 0.0%. 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.