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Carol Stream, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carol Stream, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 42,656. 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 CAROL-STREAM-IL · Carol Stream, IL 1 ZIPs · 42,656 pop · #3884/25278 · DuPage County

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

  • INC-HIGH $103,628
  • RANK-TOP #3884/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lombard
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-SMALL 42,656
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $337,400

Nearest income peer: Lombard, IL ( $3,012 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 Carol Stream

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carol Stream 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, Carol Stream, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 15%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
42,656
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,628
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 $103,628 and home value $337,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 42.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carol Stream as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Monticello is the closest lower-income city and Armstrong the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carol Stream.

Population concentration

Carol Stream's single ZIP 60188 carries the town

Carol Stream is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 60188 is the entire residential footprint (42,656 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 Carol Stream's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,143 establishments, 22,322 employees , annual payroll $1,464,766k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60188 (1,143 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (144) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Carol Stream, IL

These ZIP codes sit in DuPage County, which covers 36 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carol Stream. See the DuPage County roll-up →

Carol Stream sits in the lower half of DuPage County on income: Aurora, Naperville and Wheaton report more, Lombard, Addison and Glendale Heights report less. Elmhurst marks the far end of that range at $147,566, 42% above Carol Stream.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60188 42,656 $103,628 1,143 1,632
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Carol Stream 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 Carol Stream, .