Ransom, IL · standard
ZIP Code 60470
LaSalle County, Illinois - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 616
- 6/sq mi
- $85,000
- Median income
- $131,300
- Median home value
- 19.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Ransom pairs an above-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 32%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 20th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 6
- people per sq mi
- 91%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 60470 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 60470 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Ransom, LaSalle County, Illinois, home to just 616 residents across 96.3 square miles, a density of 6 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 60470 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $85,000 (6% above the average Illinois ZIP), while per-capita income is $43,252. The poverty rate is 7.3%, with unemployment at 4.1%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $131,300 (32% below the average Illinois ZIP), and median rent is $775; owner occupancy is 90.5%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 19.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 39, and the average commute is 29 minutes. The page also surfaces 3 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in LaSalle County, so 60470 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 60470, Ransom, IL · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
616
Population
96.3
Area (sq mi)
6
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 60470?
39.0
Median Age
50.0%
Male
50.0%
Female
1.1%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$85,000
Median Household Income
+6% vs state ZIP avg
$43,252
Per Capita Income
7.3%
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Unemployment Rate
29.4 min
Mean Commute Time
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
173housing units
173
Total Housing Units
148
Occupied Units
25
Vacant Units
2.42
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$131,300
Median Home Value
-32% vs state ZIP avg
$775
Median Rent
1947
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 7 business establishments in ZIP 60470, employing approximately 47 people with a combined annual payroll of $2,891,000.
7
Businesses
47
Employees
$2.9M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 60470 vs 60437 →
ZIP 60470 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 60479
Verona (60479)
760 residents
- 60470
Ransom (60470)
616 residents
- 61313 282
Blackstone (61313)
282 residents
- 60437 187
Kinsman (60437)
187 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 60470 ranks #2 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 60470 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 61313
Blackstone (61313)
$121,979 median income
- 60479
Verona (60479)
$105,000 median income
- 60470
Ransom (60470)
$85,000 median income
- 60437
Kinsman (60437)
$58,750 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 60470 ranks #3 of 4 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 60470, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.