PlainZIP

Great Lakes, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Great Lakes, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 15,761. 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 GREAT-LAKES-IL · Great Lakes, IL 1 ZIPs · 15,761 pop · #14961/25278 · Lake County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-MID $66,008
  • RANK-MID #14961/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Zion
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 1% owners
  • POP-TOWN 15,761
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Zion, IL (+ $101 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 Great Lakes

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Great Lakes 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, Great Lakes, IL sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

41st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
15,761
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,008
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,008 and poverty 17.5% concentrate in 60088.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (0.5%) for this income tier, rent $1,843 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Illinois, Mount Sterling is the closest lower-income city and Zion the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Great Lakes.

Population concentration

Great Lakes reads through its lone ZIP, 60088

15,761 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60088 is not the leading code inside Great Lakes, 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 Great Lakes

Citywide ZBP: 43 establishments, 906 employees , annual payroll $39,621k (~3 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60088 (43 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (13) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Great Lakes, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Lake County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Great Lakes. See the Lake County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Lake County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Great Lakes, Waukegan, Round Lake and Barrington among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Barrington marks the far end of that range at $177,566, 169% above Great Lakes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60088 15,761 $66,008 43 2,579
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Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes, .