PlainZIP

Essex, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Essex, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,064. 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 ESSEX-IL · Essex, IL 1 ZIPs · 1,064 pop · #3088/25278 · Kankakee County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $110,000
  • RANK-TOP #3088/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Grant Park
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,064
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $248,900

Nearest income peer: Grant Park, IL ( $12,639 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 Essex

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

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,064
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,000
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 $110,000 and home value $248,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 22.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Essex reads through its lone ZIP, 60935

1,064 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60935 is not the leading code inside Essex, 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 Essex

Citywide ZBP: 9 establishments, 79 employees , annual payroll $3,894k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60935 (9 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (3) .

View your shortlist →

ZIP Codes in Essex, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Kankakee County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Essex. See the Kankakee County roll-up →

No other city sharing Kankakee County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Essex. Kankakee, Bourbonnais and Manteno sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Pembroke Township marks the far end of that range at $32,153, 71% below Essex.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60935 1,064 $110,000 9 22
How we build city roll-ups · Guide: reading ZIP code data · BLS wages

Essex 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 Essex, .