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Prospect Heights, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Prospect Heights, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,001. 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 PROSPECT-HEIGHTS-IL · Prospect Heights, IL 1 ZIPs · 16,001 pop · #7780/25278 · Cook County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $84,775
  • RANK-UPPER #7780/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,001
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $343,000

Nearest income peer: Chicago, IL ( $217 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 Prospect Heights

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

Top 31%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,001
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$84,775
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 60070 (16,001 residents). Household income $84,775 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Prospect Heights as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Erie is the closest lower-income city and Elmwood Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Prospect Heights.

Population concentration

Prospect Heights's single ZIP 60070 carries the town

Prospect Heights is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 60070 is the entire residential footprint (16,001 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Prospect Heights's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 412 establishments, 1,603 employees , annual payroll $73,689k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60070 (412 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (115) · also Transportation and warehousing · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Prospect Heights, IL

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

Prospect Heights sits in the lower half of Cook County on income: Des Plaines, Arlington Heights and Evanston report more, Cicero, Berwyn and Chicago Heights report less. Evanston marks the far end of that range at $119,919, 41% above Prospect Heights.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60070 16,001 $84,775 412 1,711
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Prospect Heights 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 Prospect Heights, .