Lake In The Hills, IL (60156)

Lake In The Hills, IL (ZIP 60156) sits in McHenry County within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 27. Top health signal: Health Insurance comes in below the national average at 7.4%. NCES lists 6 schools serving the area, 6 non-charter. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $13,248. IRS data shows average household income (AGI) of $89,354, well above the ~$45K national average per return. Social vulnerability is low in this ZIP at the 22th percentile (CDC SVI), reflecting strong baseline resilience to public-health emergencies and natural disasters. FEMA has issued 16 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965. Only 5.9% of residents under 65 are uninsured (County Health Rankings, 2025) — well below the national county median. Per USDA's Food Environment Atlas, 44.3% of residents in this county live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket — a deep food-access gap. Per IRS migration filings (2022-2023), the area's primary county lost $103,368,000 in net taxable income to other counties. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $110,988, fair market rent of $2,100 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $369,510, up 3.7% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.

Demographics

HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.

Home values

Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI All Homes (SFR, Condo/Co-op) Time Series (zillow.com/research/data). Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is copyrighted by Zillow, Inc.

New housing construction

Based on county-level data (2024).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.

Income & tax statistics

Source: IRS Statistics of Income — Individual Income Tax Statistics by ZIP Code (irs.gov). Public domain. Dollar columns reported in thousands by the IRS; figures here display real dollars. Total ZCTA AGI for the area was $1283.1M across all reported brackets.

Business & employment

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.

Employment & wages

That is roughly 16% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.

Unemployment

Based on McHenry County, IL data (2024).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.

Banking access

Based on FDIC-insured branch offices as of June 30, 2024.

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits (fdic.gov). Annual June-30 snapshot of every FDIC-insured branch and the deposits booked there. Figures cover all institutions reporting a branch address in this ZIP.

Alternative-fuel stations

Active public stations only. Snapshot taken 2026; AFDC's underlying registry refreshes continuously as stations open and close.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy via NREL (afdc.energy.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active public alternative-fuel stations (electric, hydrogen, propane, CNG, biodiesel, E85, LNG, renewable diesel) and EV charging-port totals.

Social Vulnerability Index

The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.

Federal Disaster Declarations

FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.

Air quality

Based on McHenry County data (2024).

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.

Community health profile

Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 6.5% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.

Based on McHenry data (2025 CHR release).

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.

Food access

Among low-income residents, 6.4% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).

Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in McHenry County, IL for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).

Who’s moving in and out

Incoming households reported an average AGI of $76,328 versus departing households' $81,062.

Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.

Data sources used on this page

Health profile

Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.

Schools in this ZIP

6 schools serve this ZIP, including 6 non-charter.

Showing top 5 by enrollment. 1 more schools serve this ZIP.

Schools listed from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal.

Colleges & universities nearby

• College of DuPage

  Glen Ellyn, IL · 60137

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $4,560

  Out-of-state tuition

  $12,750

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  24.7%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $46,909

  Median student debt

  $10,410

• Chamberlain University-Illinois

  Addison, IL · 60101

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $21,536

  Out-of-state tuition

  $21,536

  Acceptance rate

  82.6%

  Graduation rate

  45.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $92,405

  Median student debt

  $20,919

• Northern Illinois University

  Dekalb, IL · 60115

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $13,248

  Out-of-state tuition

  $13,248

  Acceptance rate

  69.8%

  Graduation rate

  49.2%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $57,808

  Median student debt

  $22,162

• Triton College

  River Grove, IL · 60171

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $5,070

  Out-of-state tuition

  $15,330

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  29.0%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $41,728

  Median student debt

  $9,413

• Elgin Community College

  Elgin, IL · 60123

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $3,252

  Out-of-state tuition

  $9,516

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  41.1%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $45,516

  Median student debt

  $7,390

• Elmhurst University

  Elmhurst, IL · 60126

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $42,955

  Out-of-state tuition

  $42,955

  Acceptance rate

  73.6%

  Graduation rate

  67.7%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $61,462

  Median student debt

  $20,489

• Wheaton College

  Wheaton, IL · 60187

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $45,546

  Out-of-state tuition

  $45,546

  Acceptance rate

  87.4%

  Graduation rate

  85.6%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $63,756

  Median student debt

  $23,250

• Kishwaukee College

  Malta, IL · 60150

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $4,560

  Out-of-state tuition

  $13,680

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  41.6%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $39,657

  Median student debt

  $9,395

• Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park

  Melrose Park, IL · 60160

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  66.8%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $38,683

  Median student debt

  $11,250

• Judson University

  Elgin, IL · 60123

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $31,360

  Out-of-state tuition

  $31,360

  Acceptance rate

  47.6%

  Graduation rate

  56.4%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $56,313

  Median student debt

  $25,000

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.

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