Lena, IL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lena, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,360. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet LENA-IL · Lena, IL 1 ZIPs · 4,360 pop · #8383/25278 · Stephenson County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-HIGH $82,875
- RANK-UPPER #8383/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kent
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 83% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 4,360
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $166,600
Nearest income peer: Kent, IL ( $792 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 Lena
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lena on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Freeport · lowest
Freeport · lowest
$56,593 median HH income
- Orangeville · near
Orangeville · near
$76,726 median HH income
- Kent · near
Kent · near
$82,083 median HH income
- Lena · this city
Lena · this city
$82,875 median HH income
- German Valley · near
German Valley · near
$84,107 median HH income
- Rock City · near
Rock City · near
$84,167 median HH income
- Davis · highest
Davis · highest
$105,150 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lena, IL sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 33%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 4,360
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $82,875
- 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.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 61048 (4,360 residents). Household income $82,875 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lena as a pure owner town.
Within Illinois, Illiopolis is the closest lower-income city and Sandwich the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lena.
ZIP Codes in Lena, IL
These ZIP codes sit in Stephenson County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lena. See the Stephenson County roll-up →
Lena sits in the upper half of Stephenson County on income: Freeport, Pearl City and Orangeville report less, while Davis reports more. Freeport marks the far end of that range at $56,593, 32% below Lena.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61048 | 4,360 | 20 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Lena, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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