ZIP 60466 vs ZIP 60461

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60466 (Park Forest, IL) and ZIP 60461 (Olympia Fields, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60466 has a population of 22,115 at 1,333 people per square mile, while ZIP 60461 has 4,836 at 672 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 60466 reports a median household income of $61,654 against $124,417 in ZIP 60461, with per-capita income of $30,259 vs $56,835. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.8% in 60466 and 50.8% in 60461. Poverty rate reads 17.4% vs 13.6%, and unemployment 8.5% vs 5.8% — 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 $115,200 in 60466 versus $328,000 in 60461, with median rent of $1,365 and $3,501 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.3% vs 88.9%. 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.