PlainZIP

Joy, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Joy, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 856. 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 JOY-IL · Joy, IL 1 ZIPs · 856 pop · #23687/25278 · Mercer County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $41,645
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23687/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Keithsburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 856
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $96,700

Nearest income peer: Keithsburg, IL (+ $7,105 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 Joy

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Joy on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Joy, IL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
856
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$41,645
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($41,645 average) · poverty 9.1%. The primary code (61260) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Joy as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Joppa is the closest lower-income city and La Rose the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Joy.

Population concentration

Joy's single ZIP 61260 carries the town

Joy is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 61260 is the entire residential footprint (856 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 Joy

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 31 employees , annual payroll $1,073k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 61260 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Joy, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Mercer County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Joy. See the Mercer County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Mercer County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Joy, Aledo, Sherrard and Viola among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Sherrard marks the far end of that range at $102,639, 146% above Joy.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61260 856 $41,645 6 6
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Joy 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 Joy, .