ZIP 62001 vs ZIP 62058

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62001 (Alhambra, IL) and ZIP 62058 (Livingston, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62001 has a population of 1,752 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 62058 has 843 at 273 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 62001 reports a median household income of $98,558 against $62,240 in ZIP 62058, with per-capita income of $35,330 vs $40,852. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.4% in 62001 and 13.3% in 62058. Poverty rate reads 8.2% vs 16.4%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 8.1% — 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 $218,100 in 62001 versus $110,300 in 62058, with median rent of $939 and $720 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.1% vs 71.8%. 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.