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Wauconda, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wauconda, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,771. 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 WAUCONDA-IL · Wauconda, IL 1 ZIPs · 16,771 pop · #3071/25278 · Lake County

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

  • INC-TOP $110,090
  • RANK-TOP #3071/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mundelein
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,771
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $303,200

Nearest income peer: Mundelein, IL (+ $245 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 Wauconda

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

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,771
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,090
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 $110,090 and home value $303,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 37.2%.

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

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 60084, is all of Wauconda

There is no split to weigh here: 60084 holds every one of Wauconda's 16,771 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Wauconda's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 556 establishments, 6,872 employees , annual payroll $370,662k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60084 (556 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (103) · also Manufacturing · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Wauconda, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Lake County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wauconda. See the Lake County roll-up →

Wauconda lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Lake County: Barrington, Lake Zurich and Buffalo Grove earn more and Waukegan, Round Lake and Grayslake earn less. Barrington marks the far end of that range at $177,566, 61% above Wauconda.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60084 16,771 $110,090 556 444
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Wauconda 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 Wauconda, .