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Shirland, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shirland, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 188. 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 SHIRLAND-IL · Shirland, IL 1 ZIPs · 188 pop · #22784/25278 · Winnebago County

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

  • INC-MID $46,367
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22784/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Rockford
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 188
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $123,200

Nearest income peer: Rockford, IL (+ $10,276 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 Shirland

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shirland 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, Shirland, 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.

10th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
188
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$46,367
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 ($46,367 average) · poverty 7.6%. The primary code (61079) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shirland as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Shirland's single ZIP 61079 carries the town

Shirland is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 61079 is the entire residential footprint (188 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Shirland's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Shirland. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Shirland, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Winnebago County, which covers 20 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shirland. See the Winnebago County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Winnebago County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shirland, Rockford, Loves Park and Machesney Park among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Rockton marks the far end of that range at $104,938, 126% above Shirland.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61079 188 $46,367 n/a 41
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Shirland 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 Shirland, .