ZIP 60201 vs ZIP 60203

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60201 (Evanston, IL) and ZIP 60203 (Evanston, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60201 has a population of 43,125 at 3,525 people per square mile, while ZIP 60203 has 4,523 at 2,561 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 60201 reports a median household income of $90,545 against $170,224 in ZIP 60203, with per-capita income of $71,435 vs $68,647. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 73.5% in 60201 and 79.4% in 60203. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 3.1%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 2.2% — 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 $590,700 in 60201 versus $468,400 in 60203, with median rent of $1,864 and $1,795 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 54.6% vs 95.7%. 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.