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Evanston, IL ZIP Codes

6 ZIP codes use the postal name Evanston, Illinois (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $90,545 in 60201 to $170,224 in 60203, 1.9 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Evanston's most populous ZIP code is 60201, with 43,744 people (ACS 2020-2024); 100% of its land is in the city of Evanston.

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Where are Evanston's ZIP codes?

60201: $91k median household income60202: $99k median household income60203: $170k median household income60208: – median household income6020160202602036020860201: $91k median household income60202: $99k median household income60203: $170k median household income60208: – median household income6020160202602036020860201: $91k median household income60202: $99k median household income60203: $170k median household income60208: – median household income602016020260203
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Evanston, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Evanston's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 60203 ($170,224), the lowest in 60201 ($90,545). Home values run from $397,600 in 60202 to $590,700 in 60201.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Evanston

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Evanston, IL, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
60201 Cook County 43,744 9,697 $91k $591k
60202 Cook County 32,341 10,586 $99k $398k
60203 Cook County 4,680 6,842 $170k $468k
60208 Cook County 255 1,197 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Evanston

2 ZIP codes named Evanston have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Evanston, IL: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
60204Cook County
60209Cook County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Evanston's ZIP codes reach?

Evanston's residential ZIP codes lie in Cook County.

Which places do Evanston's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Evanston's residential ZIP codes cover Evanston itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Evanston's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Evanston starts with 602.

Three-digit prefixes of Evanston's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Evanston's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
602 Palatine, IL (SCF 600) 6 6

All 6 ZIP codes that start with 602 are Evanston's: 4 residential codes and 2 PO Box or unique codes, sorted at Palatine, IL (SCF 600).

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.