ZIP 60165 vs ZIP 60160

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60165 (Stone Park, IL) and ZIP 60160 (Melrose Park, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60165 has a population of 4,946 at 5,618 people per square mile, while ZIP 60160 has 25,432 at 2,208 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 60165 reports a median household income of $67,224 against $66,189 in ZIP 60160, with per-capita income of $22,707 vs $29,979. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.5% in 60165 and 15.0% in 60160. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 5.7% — 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 $242,100 in 60165 versus $275,800 in 60160, with median rent of $1,412 and $1,176 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 48.3% vs 56.7%. 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.