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Buffalo Grove, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buffalo Grove, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 41,533. 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 BUFFALO-GROVE-IL · Buffalo Grove, IL 1 ZIPs · 41,533 pop · #1595/25278 · Lake County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $129,401
  • RANK-TOP #1595/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Villa
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-SMALL 41,533
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $412,200

Nearest income peer: Lake Villa, IL ( $3,359 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 Buffalo Grove

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buffalo Grove 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, Buffalo Grove, IL sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
41,533
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$129,401
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 $129,401 and home value $412,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 68.6%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Buffalo Grove as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Metamora is the closest lower-income city and Elburn the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buffalo Grove.

Population concentration

Buffalo Grove's single ZIP 60089 carries the town

Buffalo Grove is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 60089 is the entire residential footprint (41,533 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 Buffalo Grove's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,479 establishments, 23,178 employees , annual payroll $1,718,827k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60089 (1,479 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (306) · also Health care and social assistance · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Buffalo Grove, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Lake County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buffalo Grove. See the Lake County roll-up →

Buffalo Grove lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Lake County: Barrington, Lake Zurich and Highland Park earn more and Waukegan, Round Lake and Gurnee earn less. Zion marks the far end of that range at $66,109, 49% below Buffalo Grove.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60089 41,533 $129,401 1,479 1,646
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Buffalo Grove 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 Buffalo Grove, .