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Highwood, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Highwood, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,431. 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 HIGHWOOD-IL · Highwood, IL 1 ZIPs · 5,431 pop · #3342/25278 · Lake County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $107,875
  • RANK-TOP #3342/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mundelein
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 56% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,431
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $405,400

Nearest income peer: Mundelein, IL (+ $2,460 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 Highwood

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

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,431
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$107,875
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 $107,875 and home value $405,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 39.1%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.0%) for this income tier, rent $1,900 may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Highwood reads through its lone ZIP, 60040

5,431 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60040 is not the leading code inside Highwood, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Highwood's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 166 establishments, 1,344 employees , annual payroll $59,134k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60040 (166 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (35) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Highwood, IL

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

Highwood 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. Barrington marks the far end of that range at $177,566, 65% above Highwood.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60040 5,431 $107,875 166 2,962
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Highwood 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 Highwood, .