Housing data for ZIP code 60938

Name: Housing in ZIP code 60938, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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ZIP code 60938 has an estimated 2,035 residents and 957 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Most of its land lies in Douglas Township (Iroquois County), Iroquois County.

17.0% of households rent.

The median gross rent is $733 (±$46) a month.

The median home value is $136,000 (±$11,297).

The median household income is $73,244 (±$5,673) a year.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Residents: 2,035 (±288)
Median gross rent: $733
Median home value: $136,000
Households that rent: 17.0%

How ZIP code 60938 compares

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	ZIP 60938	Douglas Township (Iroquois County)	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Residents	2,035 (±288)	1,933	26,449	12,694,798	334,922,499
Housing units	957 (±106)	900	12,789	5,457,452	143,775,355
Households that rent	17.0% (±5.5 points)	18.2%	20.0%	32.9%	34.8%
Median gross rent	$733 (±$46)	$733	$799	$1,274	$1,413
Median home value	$136,000 (±$11,297)	$130,000	$137,800	$263,300	$332,700
Median household income	$73,244 (±$5,673)	$74,196	$66,255	$83,390	$80,734
Median real estate taxes (a year)	$2,687 (±$233)	$2,669	$2,504	$5,298	$3,119
Renters paying 30% or more of income	17.7% (±33.6 points)	17.7%	42.7%	47.9%	51.1%
Built before 1980	83.0% (±10.8 points)	83.1%	77.5%	63.4%	49.7%
Average commute	24.5 minutes (±3.7)	24.8 minutes	25.0 minutes	27.8 minutes	26.4 minutes
Households with broadband	87.4% (±4.9 points)	86.5%	86.5%	90.8%	91.0%
Median age of residents	44.7 years (±5.7)	41.8 years	44.4 years	39.0 years	38.9 years

In ZIP 60938, median gross rent is lower than in Iroquois County ($799).

It is also lower than in Illinois ($1,274).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

The median gross rent in ZIP code 60938 is not measurably different from Douglas Township (Iroquois County) as a whole ($733).

Its median home value is not measurably different from Douglas Township (Iroquois County) as a whole ($130,000).

Among the 19 ZIP codes in Iroquois County with a published estimate, ZIP 60938 ranks 19 from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Among the 21 ZIP codes in Iroquois County with a published estimate, ZIP 60938 ranks 6 from highest to lowest median home value.

Among the 21 ZIP codes in Iroquois County with a published estimate, ZIP 60938 ranks 9 from highest to lowest median household income.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Rent in ZIP code 60938

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Less than $500	6.1% (±7.2 points)	11.7%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	74.5% (±12.6 points)	65.0%	23.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	15.3% (±10.2 points)	17.5%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±30.7 points)	3.1%	18.7%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	4.1% (±5.3 points)	2.5%	9.6%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±30.7 points)	0.0%	4.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±30.7 points)	0.1%	4.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 74.5% of renting households.

Rent by bedrooms in ZIP code 60938

Median gross rent by number of bedrooms, estimate (90% margin of error)
Bedrooms	Census median
1 bedroom	$571 (±$99)
2 bedrooms	$788 (±$141)
3 bedrooms	$764 (±$27)

Rent burden in ZIP code 60938

Renting households by gross rent as a percentage of household income, 2020–2024
Share of income spent on rent	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Less than 15%	34.4% (±15.4 points)	20.0%	14.4%	12.6%
15% to 19.9%	27.1% (±15.2 points)	17.1%	13.4%	12.2%
20% to 24.9%	11.5% (±8.5 points)	11.7%	13.1%	12.6%
25% to 29.9%	9.4% (±9.9 points)	8.5%	11.2%	11.5%
30% to 34.9%	0.0% (±31.2 points)	13.7%	8.9%	9.2%
35% or more	17.7% (±12.5 points)	29.0%	39.0%	41.9%

17.7% (±33.6 points) of renting households in ZIP code 60938 spend 30% or more of their income on gross rent.

Home values in ZIP code 60938

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Less than $50,000	3.5% (±2.7 points)	9.8%	5.4%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	25.8% (±6.6 points)	24.5%	8.3%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	29.9% (±7.7 points)	18.8%	9.7%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	22.6% (±8.0 points)	16.6%	11.8%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	6.7% (±2.6 points)	17.9%	22.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	9.3% (±4.1 points)	8.7%	27.7%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	1.6% (±2.3 points)	2.5%	12.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.4% (±0.6 points)	1.3%	2.7%	7.1%

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

The homes in ZIP code 60938

Housing units by units in structure, 2020–2024
Building type	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Single-family, detached	88.0% (±4.1 points)	85.2%	58.2%	61.3%
Single-family, attached (townhouse, rowhouse)	1.6% (±1.9 points)	2.6%	6.1%	6.2%
2 units	2.5% (±1.5 points)	2.4%	5.2%	3.4%
3 or 4 units	6.3% (±3.0 points)	2.4%	6.4%	4.3%
5 to 9 units	0.8% (±1.2 points)	1.6%	6.3%	4.5%
10 to 19 units	0.0% (±3.8 points)	1.1%	4.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0% (±3.8 points)	0.7%	11.5%	10.3%
Mobile home	0.8% (±1.0 points)	3.9%	2.3%	5.6%
Boat, RV, van, etc.	0.0% (±3.8 points)	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%

When the homes in ZIP code 60938 were built

Housing units by year structure built, 2020–2024
Year built	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
2020 or later	0.0% (±3.8 points)	0.2%	0.7%	2.0%
2010 to 2019	3.0% (±2.5 points)	2.2%	5.0%	9.4%
2000 to 2009	5.5% (±3.3 points)	6.1%	11.2%	13.6%
1990 to 1999	3.3% (±2.2 points)	6.7%	10.5%	12.4%
1980 to 1989	5.1% (±2.9 points)	7.3%	9.2%	12.9%
1970 to 1979	13.1% (±4.8 points)	16.7%	14.2%	14.2%
1960 to 1969	13.7% (±4.3 points)	10.4%	11.5%	9.9%
1950 to 1959	15.4% (±5.6 points)	13.6%	11.9%	9.5%
1940 to 1949	3.2% (±1.7 points)	6.5%	5.6%	4.4%
1939 or earlier	37.6% (±6.4 points)	30.3%	20.2%	11.7%

83.0% of the homes in ZIP code 60938 were built before 1980, so many fall under the federal lead-paint disclosure rules for homes built before 1978.

Heating fuel in ZIP code 60938

Occupied housing units by house heating fuel, 2020–2024
Fuel used most	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Utility gas	73.6% (±7.4 points)	62.4%	75.3%	46.5%
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.5%	0.1%	3.9%
Electricity	8.6% (±3.3 points)	18.6%	18.6%	41.3%
Bottled or tank gas (propane)	17.8% (±8.0 points)	17.0%	4.2%	4.9%
Wood	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.8%	0.3%	1.4%
Solar energy	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%
Coal or coke	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Other fuel	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%
No fuel used	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.3%	0.8%	1.2%

How people in ZIP code 60938 get to work

Workers 16 and over by means of transportation to work, 2020–2024
Means of transportation	ZIP 60938	Iroquois County	Illinois	United States
Drove alone	79.0% (±6.2 points)	81.1%	65.9%	68.8%
Carpooled	6.0% (±3.0 points)	7.2%	7.8%	8.5%
Public transportation	0.0% (±3.5 points)	0.2%	5.8%	3.2%
Walked	4.3% (±3.1 points)	2.0%	2.8%	2.4%
Other means (bicycle, taxi, motorcycle)	1.4% (±1.5 points)	1.8%	1.9%	2.0%
Worked from home	9.3% (±5.6 points)	7.6%	15.9%	15.1%

Workers who live in ZIP code 60938 take an average of 24.5 minutes to get to work.

Places in ZIP code 60938

Places whose land overlaps this ZIP code, with the share of the ZIP’s land in each
Place	Share of the ZIP’s land in this place	Median gross rent	Households that rent
Douglas Township (Iroquois County)	64%	$733	18.2%
Danforth Township	22%	$1,523	17.1%
Onarga Township	14%	$941	10.7%

A township or a New York town includes the villages inside it, so their shares can add up to more than the whole.

ZIP codes near 60938

Nearest ZIP codes with Census figures, by straight-line distance between their internal points
ZIP code	Distance	Median gross rent	Median home value	Median household income	Households that rent
60930	4.3 mi	$1,523	$165,100	$58,125	19.5%
60955	4.4 mi	$950	$108,700	$79,034	9.7%
60928	7.2 mi	$817	$116,600	$55,000	12.7%
60911	7.5 mi	$798	$158,700	$89,792	19.0%
60968	9.7 mi	$817	$92,100	$46,250	15.3%
60959	10 mi	$763	$94,800	$54,583	31.3%
60927	12 mi	$844	$213,700	$102,143	18.5%
60918	12 mi	$842	$122,300	$73,500	18.9%

ZIP code 60938 is reported as ZIP Code Tabulation Area 60938: the Census Bureau’s area built from census blocks to match the ZIP code’s delivery area as closely as it can.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about ZIP 60938

What is the median rent in ZIP code 60938?

The median gross rent in ZIP Code Tabulation Area 60938 is $733 (±$46) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the median home value in ZIP code 60938?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in ZIP code 60938 is $136,000 (±$11,297) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the median household income in ZIP code 60938?

The median household income in ZIP code 60938 is $73,244 (±$5,673) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What town is ZIP code 60938 in?

Most of ZIP code 60938’s land lies in Douglas Township (Iroquois County); it also covers Danforth Township, Onarga Township.

Sources

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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM

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