ZIP 60131 vs ZIP 60176

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60131 (Franklin Park, IL) and ZIP 60176 (Schiller Park, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60131 has a population of 18,097 at 1,259 people per square mile, while ZIP 60176 has 11,795 at 1,719 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 60131 reports a median household income of $76,658 against $69,696 in ZIP 60176, with per-capita income of $31,323 vs $33,812. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.6% in 60131 and 26.2% in 60176. Poverty rate reads 9.4% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 3.4% — 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 $287,000 in 60131 versus $275,000 in 60176, with median rent of $1,102 and $1,221 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 59.2%. 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.