ZIP 60525 vs ZIP 60501

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60525 (La Grange, IL) and ZIP 60501 (Summit Argo, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60525 has a population of 31,168 at 955 people per square mile, while ZIP 60501 has 11,626 at 928 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 60525 reports a median household income of $116,918 against $63,244 in ZIP 60501, with per-capita income of $68,682 vs $33,970. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 53.7% in 60525 and 14.6% in 60501. Poverty rate reads 6.3% vs 11.5%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 5.5% — 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 $438,000 in 60525 versus $234,300 in 60501, with median rent of $1,569 and $1,142 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.1% vs 62.2%. 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.