Which ZIP code in Lake County has the highest share of households with children?

60088 (Great Lakes), at 42.2%, among 30 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Lake County, IL

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Lake County with the highest share of households with children, out of 30 with at least 1,000 residents. 60088 (Great Lakes, 42.2%), 60073 (Round Lake, 41.7%) and 60046 (Lake Villa, 38.5%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Lake County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Lake County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Households with children under 18	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	60088	Great Lakes	42.2%	14,400	1,296	1,094
2	60073	Round Lake	41.7%	62,868	20,236	19,864
3	60046	Lake Villa	38.5%	34,613	12,064	13,251
4	60089	Buffalo Grove	38.0%	42,872	16,206	16,995
5	60047	Lake Zurich	37.4%	44,240	15,581	15,687
6	60010	Barrington	36.5%	45,747	16,529	18,098
7	60048	Libertyville	36.3%	29,124	10,493	11,377
8	60064	North Chicago	36.3%	14,884	5,066	5,097
9	60099	Zion	35.8%	30,881	11,287	11,354
10	60015	Deerfield	35.4%	28,096	10,346	10,487
11	60084	Wauconda	35.1%	17,192	6,361	6,685
12	60042	Island Lake	34.5%	8,347	3,088	3,432
13	60085	Waukegan	34.2%	72,341	25,566	23,642
14	60061	Vernon Hills	33.6%	27,974	11,343	11,714
15	60002	Antioch	33.3%	24,232	9,319	10,506
16	60044	Lake Bluff	33.2%	10,312	4,159	4,282
17	60081	Spring Grove	32.4%	9,088	3,335	3,615
18	60041	Ingleside	32.2%	9,024	3,706	3,887
19	60060	Mundelein	31.3%	37,344	13,542	14,463
20	60035	Highland Park	31.1%	30,398	11,787	12,443
21	60087	Waukegan	30.9%	27,293	10,192	10,127
22	60040	Highwood	30.0%	5,301	2,025	1,873
23	60045	Lake Forest	29.7%	21,074	7,470	8,247
24	60031	Gurnee	29.4%	37,107	14,307	15,133
25	60030	Grayslake	28.6%	35,792	14,391	15,030

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 30 of 31 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Households with children buy tutoring, youth sports, pediatric and family dental care, child care, birthday venues and family dining. EDDM reaches every door on a route, so a higher share means more of your pieces land with families.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 65,383 households, on 113 carrier routes with 66,891 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Lake County has the highest share of households with children?: 60088 (Great Lakes), at 42.2%, among 30 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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