ZIP 60940 vs ZIP 60954

This side-by-side compares ZIP 60940 (Grant Park, IL) and ZIP 60954 (Momence, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 60940 has a population of 3,369 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 60954 has 6,104 at 36 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 60940 reports a median household income of $97,361 against $65,906 in ZIP 60954, with per-capita income of $34,831 vs $33,568. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.7% in 60940 and 14.7% in 60954. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 8.8% vs 5.2% — 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 $271,900 in 60940 versus $163,600 in 60954, with median rent of $1,210 and $819 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.7% vs 75.0%. 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.