ZIP 60552 vs ZIP 60548

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60552 (Somonauk, IL) and ZIP 60548 (Sandwich, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60552 has a population of 4,448 at 63 people per square mile, while ZIP 60548 has 12,218 at 117 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 60552 reports a median household income of $113,411 against $82,957 in ZIP 60548, with per-capita income of $61,990 vs $39,818. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.4% in 60552 and 21.6% in 60548. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 2.6% — 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 $257,400 in 60552 versus $262,100 in 60548, with median rent of $1,388 and $1,045 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.6% vs 82.1%. 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.