ZIP 60924 vs ZIP 60926

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60924 (Cissna Park, IL) and ZIP 60926 (Claytonville, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60924 has a population of 1,635 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 60926 has 67 at 9 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 60924 reports a median household income of $78,250 against $45,313 in ZIP 60926, with per-capita income of $39,779 vs $24,018. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.9% in 60924 and 29.3% in 60926. Poverty rate reads 9.4% vs 18.0%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 21.9% — 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 $154,900 in 60924 versus $42,800 in 60926, with median rent of $764 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.0% vs 70.4%. 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.