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Gurnee, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gurnee, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 37,947. 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 GURNEE-IL · Gurnee, IL 1 ZIPs · 37,947 pop · #2954/25278 · Lake County

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

  • INC-TOP $111,034
  • RANK-TOP #2954/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mundelein
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-SMALL 37,947
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $335,100

Nearest income peer: Mundelein, IL ( $699 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 Gurnee

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

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
37,947
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$111,034
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 $111,034 and home value $335,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 56.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gurnee as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 60031, is all of Gurnee

There is no split to weigh here: 60031 holds every one of Gurnee's 37,947 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Gurnee's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,288 establishments, 20,055 employees , annual payroll $994,465k (~34 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60031 (1,288 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (233) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Gurnee, IL

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

Gurnee lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Lake County: Barrington, Lake Zurich and Buffalo Grove earn more and Waukegan, Round Lake and Grayslake earn less. Deerfield marks the far end of that range at $183,125, 65% above Gurnee.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60031 37,947 $111,034 1,288 776
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Gurnee 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 Gurnee, .