ZIP 60549 vs ZIP 60557

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60549 (Serena, IL) and ZIP 60557 (Wedron, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60549 has a population of 643 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 60557 has 155 at 89 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 60549 reports a median household income of $108,417 against — in ZIP 60557, with per-capita income of $34,941 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.9% in 60549 and — in 60557. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs —, and unemployment 6.8% vs — — 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 $305,500 in 60549 versus — in 60557, with median rent of $1,069 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.6% vs —. 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.