ZIP 60140 vs ZIP 60109

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60140 (Hampshire, IL) and ZIP 60109 (Burlington, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60140 has a population of 14,341 at 68 people per square mile, while ZIP 60109 has 560 at 75 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 60140 reports a median household income of $111,241 against $82,656 in ZIP 60109, with per-capita income of $56,333 vs $39,083. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.1% in 60140 and 27.4% in 60109. Poverty rate reads 4.0% vs 9.0%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 1.2% — 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 $338,200 in 60140 versus $302,300 in 60109, with median rent of $1,708 and $1,583 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 85.5%. 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.