PlainZIP

Sims, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sims, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 440. 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 SIMS-IL · Sims, IL 1 ZIPs · 440 pop · #17291/25278 · Wayne County

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

  • INC-MID $61,250
  • RANK-LOWER #17291/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Cisne
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 440
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $127,100

Nearest income peer: Cisne, IL ( $1,940 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 Sims

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

32nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
440
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,250
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $61,250 and poverty 4.2% concentrate in 62886.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Sims reads through its lone ZIP, 62886

440 ACS residents, one ZIP: 62886 is not the leading code inside Sims, 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 Sims

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 11 employees , annual payroll $405k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62886 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Sims, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Wayne County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sims. See the Wayne County roll-up →

Sims lands mid-pack among the 11 cities sharing Wayne County: Geff, Mount Erie and Rinard earn more and Fairfield, Wayne City and Cisne earn less. Golden Gate marks the far end of that range at $16,020, 74% below Sims.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
62886 440 $61,250 4 6
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