ZIP 60640 vs ZIP 60660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60640 (Chicago, IL) and ZIP 60660 (Chicago, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60640 has a population of 65,790 at 10,531 people per square mile, while ZIP 60660 has 42,752 at 12,797 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 60640 reports a median household income of $73,254 against $67,479 in ZIP 60660, with per-capita income of $59,806 vs $50,976. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 62.9% in 60640 and 57.1% in 60660. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 17.4%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 7.1% — 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 $370,300 in 60640 versus $309,100 in 60660, with median rent of $1,413 and $1,333 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 31.8% vs 36.9%. 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.