ZIP 61440 vs ZIP 61452

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61440 (Industry, IL) and ZIP 61452 (Littleton, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61440 has a population of 766 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 61452 has 293 at 4 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 61440 reports a median household income of $66,786 against — in ZIP 61452, with per-capita income of $30,128 vs $32,550. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.6% in 61440 and 21.5% in 61452. Poverty rate reads 15.9% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 2.1% 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 $97,000 in 61440 versus $112,500 in 61452, with median rent of $790 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.6% vs 93.6%. 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.