ZIP 60901 vs ZIP 60915

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60901 (Kankakee, IL) and ZIP 60915 (Bradley, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60901 has a population of 37,157 at 150 people per square mile, while ZIP 60915 has 10,774 at 1,312 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 60901 reports a median household income of $58,309 against $60,563 in ZIP 60915, with per-capita income of $31,666 vs $32,471. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% in 60901 and 12.1% in 60915. Poverty rate reads 20.2% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 4.0% — 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 $151,200 in 60901 versus $156,700 in 60915, with median rent of $1,045 and $1,072 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.4% vs 63.9%. 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.