ZIP 60460 vs ZIP 61313

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60460 (Odell, IL) and ZIP 61313 (Blackstone, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60460 has a population of 1,522 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 61313 has 282 at 3 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 60460 reports a median household income of $91,154 against $121,979 in ZIP 61313, with per-capita income of $41,310 vs $47,042. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.4% in 60460 and 15.7% in 61313. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 0.0% — 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 $156,100 in 60460 versus $201,800 in 61313, with median rent of $932 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.1% vs 89.8%. 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.