ZIP 60139 vs ZIP 60108

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60139 (Glendale Heights, IL) and ZIP 60108 (Bloomingdale, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60139 has a population of 34,381 at 2,391 people per square mile, while ZIP 60108 has 22,735 at 1,213 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 60139 reports a median household income of $86,372 against $103,392 in ZIP 60108, with per-capita income of $38,582 vs $55,364. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.8% in 60139 and 43.7% in 60108. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 6.2%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 4.8% — 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 $261,800 in 60139 versus $382,000 in 60108, with median rent of $1,588 and $1,603 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.3% vs 75.3%. 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.