PlainZIP

Thornton, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thornton, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,391. 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 THORNTON-IL · Thornton, IL 1 ZIPs · 2,391 pop · #18016/25278 · Cook County

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

  • INC-MID $59,647
  • RANK-LOWER #18016/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chicago Heights
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,391
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $155,100

Nearest income peer: Chicago Heights, IL (+ $2,426 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 Thornton

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

29th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,391
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,647
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 $59,647 and poverty 15.1% concentrate in 60476.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thornton as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Saint Augustine is the closest lower-income city and Du Quoin the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thornton.

Population concentration

Thornton reads through its lone ZIP, 60476

2,391 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60476 is not the leading code inside Thornton, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Thornton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 58 establishments, 780 employees , annual payroll $70,579k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60476 (58 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (14) · also Other services (except public administration) · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Thornton, IL

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

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Cook County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Thornton, Chicago, Des Plaines and Cicero among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Evanston marks the far end of that range at $119,919, 101% above Thornton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60476 2,391 $59,647 58 273
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Thornton 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 Thornton, .