ZIP 60423 vs ZIP 60487

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60423 (Frankfort, IL) and ZIP 60487 (Tinley Park, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60423 has a population of 30,423 at 322 people per square mile, while ZIP 60487 has 26,928 at 1,205 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 60423 reports a median household income of $136,730 against $131,793 in ZIP 60487, with per-capita income of $57,575 vs $52,721. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.5% in 60423 and 41.9% in 60487. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 5.4% — 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 $398,200 in 60423 versus $351,300 in 60487, with median rent of $1,492 and $1,369 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.0% vs 93.0%. 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.