ZIP 60526 vs ZIP 60154

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60526 (La Grange Park, IL) and ZIP 60154 (Westchester, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60526 has a population of 13,576 at 1,909 people per square mile, while ZIP 60154 has 16,773 at 1,343 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 60526 reports a median household income of $120,308 against $98,954 in ZIP 60154, with per-capita income of $59,542 vs $51,964. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 57.3% in 60526 and 43.6% in 60154. Poverty rate reads 4.9% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 5.2% — 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 $439,800 in 60526 versus $327,300 in 60154, with median rent of $1,439 and $1,794 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.0% vs 90.8%. 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.