PlainZIP

Hometown, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hometown, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,349. 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 HOMETOWN-IL · Hometown, IL 1 ZIPs · 4,349 pop · #17355/25278 · Cook County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $61,101
  • RANK-LOWER #17355/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago Heights
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,349
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $173,400

Nearest income peer: Chicago Heights, IL (+ $972 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 Hometown

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

31st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,349
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,101
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 $61,101 and poverty 6.9% concentrate in 60456.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hometown as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Hometown's single ZIP 60456 carries the town

Hometown is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 60456 is the entire residential footprint (4,349 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Hometown

Citywide ZBP: 41 establishments, 339 employees , annual payroll $12,276k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60456 (41 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (12) · also Accommodation and food services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Hometown, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Cook County, which covers 163 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hometown. See the Cook County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Cook County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hometown, Chicago, Des Plaines and Cicero among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Evanston marks the far end of that range at $119,919, 96% above Hometown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60456 4,349 $61,101 41 3,506
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Hometown 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 Hometown, .