PlainZIP

Sherrard, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sherrard, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,597. 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 SHERRARD-IL · Sherrard, IL 1 ZIPs · 2,597 pop · #4048/25278 · Mercer County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $102,639
  • RANK-TOP #4048/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Seaton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,597
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $224,000

Nearest income peer: Seaton, IL ( $14,375 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 Sherrard

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

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,597
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$102,639
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 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $102,639 and home value $224,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 27.1%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Sherrard reads through its lone ZIP, 61281

2,597 ACS residents, one ZIP: 61281 is not the leading code inside Sherrard, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Sherrard

Citywide ZBP: 30 establishments, 96 employees , annual payroll $3,632k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 61281 (30 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (6) · also Retail trade · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Sherrard, IL

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

No other city sharing Mercer County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Sherrard. Aledo, Viola and New Boston sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Joy marks the far end of that range at $41,645, 59% below Sherrard.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61281 2,597 $102,639 30 26
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Sherrard 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 Sherrard, .