ZIP 60490 vs ZIP 60565

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60490 (Bolingbrook, IL) and ZIP 60565 (Naperville, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60490 has a population of 20,463 at 837 people per square mile, while ZIP 60565 has 40,524 at 1,260 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 60490 reports a median household income of $150,531 against $164,447 in ZIP 60565, with per-capita income of $52,054 vs $71,832. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.7% in 60490 and 71.9% in 60565. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 4.2% — 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 $395,000 in 60490 versus $519,900 in 60565, with median rent of $1,964 and $1,784 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.6% vs 88.4%. 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.