PlainZIP

Winthrop Harbor, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Winthrop Harbor, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,897. 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 WINTHROP-HARBOR-IL · Winthrop Harbor, IL 1 ZIPs · 6,897 pop · #5232/25278 · Lake County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $95,601
  • RANK-UPPER #5232/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Round Lake
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,897
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $249,100

Nearest income peer: Round Lake, IL (+ $2,913 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 Winthrop Harbor

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

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,897
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$95,601
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 $95,601 and home value $249,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 22.6%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Illinois, Braidwood is the closest lower-income city and Oreana the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Winthrop Harbor.

Population concentration

Winthrop Harbor reads through its lone ZIP, 60096

6,897 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60096 is not the leading code inside Winthrop Harbor, 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 Winthrop Harbor

Citywide ZBP: 89 establishments, 416 employees , annual payroll $20,521k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60096 (89 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (16) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Winthrop Harbor, IL

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

Winthrop Harbor sits in the lower half of Lake County on income: Round Lake, Barrington and Lake Zurich report more, Waukegan and Zion report less. Barrington marks the far end of that range at $177,566, 86% above Winthrop Harbor.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60096 6,897 $95,601 89 551
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Winthrop Harbor 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 Winthrop Harbor, .