Plainfield, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Plainfield, IL: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 94,521. 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 PLAINFIELD-IL · Plainfield, IL 3 ZIPs · 94,521 pop · #1493/25278 · Will County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-HIGH · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $131,817
  • RANK-TOP #1493/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Aurora
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-SMALL 94,521
  • SPREAD-MOD 60544→60585
  • HOME-MID $372,633

Nearest income peer: Aurora, IL (+ $4,909 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 Plainfield

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Plainfield 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, Plainfield, IL sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
94,521
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$131,817
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 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $131,817 and home value $372,633 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.7%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Illinois, Elburn is the closest lower-income city and Saint Jacob the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Plainfield.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Plainfield differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Plainfield: $108,304 in ZIP 60544 to $155,511 in 60585. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.4×

60544 to 60585

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.4×

60586 to 60585

Poverty-rate spread
3.9 points

60585 to 60544

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 60586 skews compact Plainfield

In this 3-ZIP cluster, 60586 covers about 49% of Plainfield's 94,521 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Plainfield

Citywide ZBP: 2,035 establishments, 17,950 employees , annual payroll $828,977k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60585 (757 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (383) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Plainfield, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Will County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Plainfield. See the Will County roll-up →

Plainfield lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Will County: Aurora, Naperville and New Lenox earn more and Joliet, Bolingbrook and Romeoville earn less. Crest Hill marks the far end of that range at $73,074, 45% below Plainfield.

Side-by-side: Compare 60586 vs 60544 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60586 46,251 $131,637 546 1,018
60544 25,959 $108,304 732 434
60585 22,311 $155,511 757 539

Plainfield 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 Plainfield, .