ZIP 60137 vs ZIP 60148

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60137 (Glen Ellyn, IL) and ZIP 60148 (Lombard, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60137 has a population of 37,805 at 1,349 people per square mile, while ZIP 60148 has 51,468 at 1,463 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 60137 reports a median household income of $137,658 against $100,616 in ZIP 60148, with per-capita income of $68,850 vs $49,723. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 64.5% in 60137 and 48.7% in 60148. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 5.1% — 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 $514,300 in 60137 versus $344,100 in 60148, with median rent of $1,427 and $1,923 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.0% vs 71.5%. 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.