PlainZIP

Anchor, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Anchor, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 236. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ANCHOR-IL · Anchor, IL 1 ZIPs · 236 pop · #6116/25278 · McLean County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $91,250
  • RANK-UPPER #6116/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bloomington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 63% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 236
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $110,800

Nearest income peer: Bloomington, IL ( $349 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Anchor

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Anchor on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Anchor, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
236
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,250
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $91,250 and home value $110,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 14.4%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.8%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Illinois, Odell is the closest lower-income city and Wood Dale the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Anchor.

Population concentration

Anchor's single ZIP 61720 carries the town

Anchor is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 61720 is the entire residential footprint (236 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Anchor's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 27 employees , annual payroll $1,443k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 61720 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Anchor, IL

These ZIP codes sit in McLean County, which covers 23 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Anchor. See the McLean County roll-up →

Anchor sits in the lower half of McLean County on income: Heyworth, Lexington and Hudson report more, Normal, Le Roy and Chenoa report less. Hudson marks the far end of that range at $128,036, 40% above Anchor.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61720 236 $91,250 6 3
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Anchor roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Anchor, .