ZIP 62040 vs ZIP 62060

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62040 (Granite City, IL) and ZIP 62060 (Madison, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62040 has a population of 43,735 at 379 people per square mile, while ZIP 62060 has 4,847 at 530 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 62040 reports a median household income of $60,031 against $46,563 in ZIP 62060, with per-capita income of $32,066 vs $23,303. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.7% in 62040 and 8.0% in 62060. Poverty rate reads 15.0% vs 31.4%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 19.3% — 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 $112,000 in 62040 versus $63,300 in 62060, with median rent of $910 and $1,063 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.0% vs 50.5%. 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.