Hamel, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hamel, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 713. 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 HAMEL-IL · Hamel, IL 1 ZIPs · 713 pop · #3319/25278 · Madison County

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

  • INC-HIGH $108,036
  • RANK-TOP #3319/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Glen Carbon
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 713
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $250,000

Nearest income peer: Glen Carbon, IL ( $6,776 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 Hamel

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

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
713
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$108,036
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 $108,036 and home value $250,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 35.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hamel as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Palos Heights is the closest lower-income city and Mapleton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hamel.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 62046, is all of Hamel

There is no split to weigh here: 62046 holds every one of Hamel's 713 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 Hamel's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 34 establishments, 436 employees , annual payroll $23,957k (~48 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62046 (34 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (6) · also Accommodation and food services · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Hamel, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Madison County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hamel. See the Madison County roll-up →

Hamel sits in the upper half of Madison County on income: Granite City, Edwardsville and Collinsville report less, while Troy reports more. East Alton marks the far end of that range at $56,761, 47% below Hamel.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
62046 713 $108,036 34 345

Hamel 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 Hamel, .