ZIP 60934 vs ZIP 60920

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60934 (Emington, IL) and ZIP 60920 (Campus, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60934 has a population of 273 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 60920 has 178 at 35 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 60934 reports a median household income of $81,500 against $111,406 in ZIP 60920, with per-capita income of $36,126 vs $52,341. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 5.2% in 60934 and 11.4% in 60920. Poverty rate reads 19.3% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 2.7% 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 $161,800 in 60934 versus $152,200 in 60920, with median rent of $963 and $975 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.5% vs 82.6%. 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.