ZIP 60445 vs ZIP 60472

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60445 (Midlothian, IL) and ZIP 60472 (Robbins, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60445 has a population of 26,057 at 1,455 people per square mile, while ZIP 60472 has 5,390 at 1,258 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 60445 reports a median household income of $70,634 against $40,668 in ZIP 60472, with per-capita income of $35,854 vs $22,183. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.0% in 60445 and 13.8% in 60472. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 28.7%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 17.0% — 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 $208,000 in 60445 versus $121,300 in 60472, with median rent of $1,249 and $1,553 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.5% vs 59.0%. 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.