ZIP 60514 vs ZIP 60559

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60514 (Clarendon Hills, IL) and ZIP 60559 (Westmont, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60514 has a population of 9,708 at 1,851 people per square mile, while ZIP 60559 has 24,852 at 1,969 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 60514 reports a median household income of $118,716 against $90,963 in ZIP 60559, with per-capita income of $77,141 vs $56,655. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 68.6% in 60514 and 49.8% in 60559. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 4.1% — 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 $566,300 in 60514 versus $365,300 in 60559, with median rent of $1,231 and $1,596 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.7% vs 59.0%. 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.