ZIP 60151 vs ZIP 60144

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60151 (Maple Park, IL) and ZIP 60144 (Kaneville, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60151 has a population of 4,061 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 60144 has 58 at 543 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 60151 reports a median household income of $117,450 against $59,250 in ZIP 60144, with per-capita income of $51,095 vs $36,889. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.7% in 60151 and 31.3% in 60144. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 4.7% — 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 $347,400 in 60151 versus $300,000 in 60144, with median rent of $1,684 and $1,550 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.9% vs 69.0%. 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.