PlainZIP

Blue Island, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Blue Island, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 25,460. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BLUE-ISLAND-IL · Blue Island, IL 1 ZIPs · 25,460 pop · #19375/25278 · Cook County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $56,557
  • RANK-LOWER #19375/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chicago Heights
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 52% owners
  • POP-SMALL 25,460
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $175,200

Nearest income peer: Chicago Heights, IL (+ $5,516 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 Blue Island

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Blue Island 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, Blue Island, IL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

23rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
25,460
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$56,557
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($56,557 average) · poverty 18.5%. The primary code (60406) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (51.9%) for this income tier, rent $1,084 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Illinois, Bureau is the closest lower-income city and Freeport the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Blue Island.

Population concentration

Blue Island reads through its lone ZIP, 60406

25,460 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60406 is not the leading code inside Blue Island, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Blue Island

Citywide ZBP: 370 establishments, 4,972 employees , annual payroll $281,725k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60406 (370 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (49) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

View your shortlist →

ZIP Codes in Blue Island, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Cook County, which covers 163 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Blue Island. See the Cook County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Cook County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Blue Island, Chicago, Des Plaines and Cicero among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Evanston marks the far end of that range at $119,919, 112% above Blue Island.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60406 25,460 $56,557 370 1,767
How we build city roll-ups · Guide: reading ZIP code data · BLS wages

Blue Island 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 Blue Island, .