ZIP 60181 vs ZIP 60148

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60181 (Villa Park, 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 60181 has a population of 28,836 at 1,685 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 60181 reports a median household income of $92,142 against $100,616 in ZIP 60148, with per-capita income of $44,183 vs $49,723. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.0% in 60181 and 48.7% in 60148. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 4.7% 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 $311,500 in 60181 versus $344,100 in 60148, with median rent of $1,654 and $1,923 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% 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.