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Elwood, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Elwood, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,968. 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 ELWOOD-IL · Elwood, IL 1 ZIPs · 3,968 pop · #3981/25278 · Will County

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

  • INC-HIGH $103,083
  • RANK-TOP #3981/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lockport
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,968
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $272,100

Nearest income peer: Lockport, IL (+ $291 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 Elwood

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

median HH income

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Elwood, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,968
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,083
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 $103,083 and home value $272,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 20.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Illinois, Pleasant Plains is the closest lower-income city and Scott Air Force Base the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Elwood.

Population concentration

Elwood reads through its lone ZIP, 60421

3,968 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60421 is not the leading code inside Elwood, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Elwood's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 91 establishments, 4,078 employees , annual payroll $222,282k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60421 (91 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (36) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Elwood, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Will County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Elwood. See the Will County roll-up →

Elwood sits in the lower half of Will County on income: Aurora, Naperville and Plainfield report more, Joliet and Crest Hill report less. Naperville marks the far end of that range at $181,382, 76% above Elwood.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60421 3,968 $103,083 91 38
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