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South Elgin, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for South Elgin, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 22,659. 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 SOUTH-ELGIN-IL · South Elgin, IL 1 ZIPs · 22,659 pop · #1766/25278 · Kane County

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

  • INC-TOP $126,144
  • RANK-TOP #1766/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sugar Grove
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,659
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $340,000

Nearest income peer: Sugar Grove, IL ( $3,410 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 South Elgin

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest South Elgin 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, South Elgin, IL sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,659
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$126,144
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 $126,144 and home value $340,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating South Elgin as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Palos Park is the closest lower-income city and Caledonia the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for South Elgin.

Population concentration

South Elgin reads through its lone ZIP, 60177

22,659 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60177 is not the leading code inside South Elgin, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into South Elgin's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 621 establishments, 8,289 employees , annual payroll $394,122k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60177 (621 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (84) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in South Elgin, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Kane County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in South Elgin. See the Kane County roll-up →

South Elgin sits in the upper half of Kane County on income: Aurora, Elgin and Carpentersville report less, while Saint Charles, Geneva and Elburn report more. Aurora marks the far end of that range at $76,401, 39% below South Elgin.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60177 22,659 $126,144 621 1,024
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South Elgin 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 South Elgin, .