ZIP 60502 vs ZIP 60519

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60502 (Aurora, IL) and ZIP 60519 (Eola, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60502 has a population of 21,873 at 813 people per square mile, while ZIP 60519 has 88 at 588 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 60502 reports a median household income of $156,904 against $136,250 in ZIP 60519, with per-capita income of $67,146 vs $60,013. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 65.1% in 60502 and 28.0% in 60519. Poverty rate reads 5.2% vs 32.8%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 21.2% — 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 $412,300 in 60502 versus — in 60519, with median rent of $2,079 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.6% vs 100.0%. 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.