ZIP 60512 vs ZIP 60554

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60512 (Bristol, IL) and ZIP 60554 (Sugar Grove, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60512 has a population of 1,111 at 54 people per square mile, while ZIP 60554 has 11,796 at 128 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 60512 reports a median household income of $96,895 against $122,734 in ZIP 60554, with per-capita income of $56,583 vs $58,448. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.7% in 60512 and 47.9% in 60554. Poverty rate reads 4.9% vs 4.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.4% - 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 $352,200 in 60512 versus $386,400 in 60554, with median rent of - and $1,486 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.3% vs 91.1%. 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.