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Arlington Heights, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Arlington Heights, IL: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 79,890. 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 ARLINGTON-HEIGHTS-IL · Arlington Heights, IL 2 ZIPs · 79,890 pop · #2654/25278 · Cook County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $114,361
  • RANK-TOP #2654/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tinley Park
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-SMALL 79,890
  • SPREAD-MOD 60005→60004
  • HOME-HIGH $407,100

Nearest income peer: Tinley Park, IL ( $1,001 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 Arlington Heights

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

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Arlington Heights, IL sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
79,890
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$114,361
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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $114,361 and home value $407,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 58.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Arlington Heights as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Penfield is the closest lower-income city and Itasca the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Arlington Heights.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Arlington Heights differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Arlington Heights: $99,743 in ZIP 60005 to $128,979 in 60004. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.3×

60005 to 60004

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.1×

60005 to 60004

Poverty-rate spread
1.7 points

60004 to 60005

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 60004 skews compact Arlington Heights

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 60004 covers about 63% of Arlington Heights's 79,890 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Arlington Heights

Citywide ZBP: 3,036 establishments, 40,519 employees , annual payroll $2,730,705k (~38 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60004 (1,617 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (471) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Arlington Heights, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Cook County, which covers 163 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Arlington Heights. See the Cook County roll-up →

Arlington Heights sits in the upper half of Cook County on income: Chicago, Des Plaines and Cicero report less, while Evanston reports more. Chicago Heights marks the far end of that range at $62,073, 46% below Arlington Heights.

Side-by-side: Compare 60004 vs 60005 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60004 50,582 $128,979 1,617 1,762
60005 29,308 $99,743 1,419 1,725
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Arlington Heights 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 Arlington Heights, .