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Elgin, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Elgin, IL: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 117,295. 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 ELGIN-IL · Elgin, IL 3 ZIPs · 117,295 pop · #3939/25278 · Kane County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $103,375
  • RANK-TOP #3939/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Dundee
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-MID 117,295
  • SPREAD-MOD 60120→60124
  • HOME-MID $311,400

Nearest income peer: Dundee, IL (+ $3,537 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 Elgin

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Elgin 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, Elgin, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
117,295
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,375
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 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $103,375 and home value $311,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.6%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Elgin as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Lockport is the closest lower-income city and Bloomingdale the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Elgin.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Elgin differ

Elgin's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $82,449 in ZIP 60120 to $139,982 in ZIP 60124, while home values span $242,300 in 60120 to $430,900 in 60124. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.7×

60120 to 60124

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.8×

60120 to 60124

Poverty-rate spread
10.3 points

60124 to 60120

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

Elgin residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Elgin: the largest, 60120, is only about 43% of 117,295 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Elgin

Citywide ZBP: 3,115 establishments, 51,790 employees , annual payroll $3,239,301k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60123 (1,458 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (401) · also Health care and social assistance · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Elgin, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Kane County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Elgin. See the Kane County roll-up →

Elgin sits in the lower half of Kane County on income: Saint Charles, Batavia and Geneva report more, Aurora and Carpentersville report less. Geneva marks the far end of that range at $152,727, 48% above Elgin.

Side-by-side: Compare 60120 vs 60123 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60120 50,955 $82,449 1,049 1,183
60123 47,405 $87,693 1,458 1,336
60124 18,935 $139,982 608 191
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Elgin 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 Elgin, .