ZIP 60471 vs ZIP 60443

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60471 (Richton Park, IL) and ZIP 60443 (Matteson, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60471 has a population of 14,101 at 1,135 people per square mile, while ZIP 60443 has 21,145 at 706 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 60471 reports a median household income of $64,494 against $92,136 in ZIP 60443, with per-capita income of $38,901 vs $44,084. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.0% in 60471 and 37.2% in 60443. Poverty rate reads 8.6% vs 10.9%, and unemployment 11.6% vs 10.3% — 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 $222,000 in 60471 versus $233,800 in 60443, with median rent of $1,307 and $1,480 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.9% vs 78.4%. 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.