ZIP 60554 vs ZIP 60512

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60554 (Sugar Grove, IL) and ZIP 60512 (Bristol, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60554 has a population of 11,796 at 128 people per square mile, while ZIP 60512 has 1,111 at 54 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 60554 reports a median household income of $122,734 against $96,895 in ZIP 60512, with per-capita income of $58,448 vs $56,583. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.9% in 60554 and 39.7% in 60512. Poverty rate reads 4.2% vs 4.9%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 0.0% - 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 $386,400 in 60554 versus $352,200 in 60512, with median rent of $1,486 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.1% vs 94.3%. 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.