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West Chicago, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for West Chicago, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 36,527. 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 WEST-CHICAGO-IL · West Chicago, IL 1 ZIPs · 36,527 pop · #3415/25278 · DuPage County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $107,194
  • RANK-TOP #3415/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Carol Stream
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-SMALL 36,527
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $344,300

Nearest income peer: Carol Stream, IL ( $3,566 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 West Chicago

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

Top 14%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
36,527
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$107,194
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 $107,194 and home value $344,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 32.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating West Chicago as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Dundee is the closest lower-income city and Chatham the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for West Chicago.

Population concentration

West Chicago's single ZIP 60185 carries the town

West Chicago is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 60185 is the entire residential footprint (36,527 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

Dense ZBP book packed into West Chicago's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,053 establishments, 16,202 employees , annual payroll $1,081,289k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60185 (1,053 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (172) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in West Chicago, IL

These ZIP codes sit in DuPage County, which covers 36 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in West Chicago. See the DuPage County roll-up →

West Chicago lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing DuPage County: Aurora, Naperville and Wheaton earn more and Lombard, Carol Stream and Addison earn less. Elmhurst marks the far end of that range at $147,566, 38% above West Chicago.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60185 36,527 $107,194 1,053 465
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West Chicago 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 West Chicago, .