ZIP 62060 vs ZIP 62090

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62060 (Madison, IL) and ZIP 62090 (Venice, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62060 has a population of 4,847 at 530 people per square mile, while ZIP 62090 has 1,189 at 295 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 62060 reports a median household income of $46,563 against $36,098 in ZIP 62090, with per-capita income of $23,303 vs $22,243. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.0% in 62060 and 7.4% in 62090. Poverty rate reads 31.4% vs 37.2%, and unemployment 19.3% vs 21.9% — 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 $63,300 in 62060 versus $37,400 in 62090, with median rent of $1,063 and $797 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.5% vs 26.9%. 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.