Population & age
- Total population
- 85
- Median age
- 55.1
ZIP 61324, IL (61324)
Lee County · Population 85
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
IL 61324 (ZIP 61324) sits in Lee County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in above the national average at 41.5%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 2 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $4,200. The CDC SVI flags housing & transportation (61th percentile) as this ZIP's standout vulnerability dimension, sitting well above its overall 26th-percentile score. FEMA has issued 10 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1973. Only 5.6% of residents under 65 are uninsured (County Health Rankings, 2025) — well below the national county median. Fast-food restaurants outnumber grocery stores roughly 4-to-1 per capita (USDA Food Environment Atlas) — a "food swamp" pattern often linked to higher diet-related disease prevalence. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 273 residents (193 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. 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: fair market rent of $920 for a two-bedroom, a low 0.0% poverty rate, and a median home value of $116,700. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Demographics
Race & ethnicity
- White
- 100.0%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 0.0%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.8%
Income & housing
- Median home value
- $116,700
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 9.7%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 24(60.0%)
- Renter-occupied
- 16(40.0%)
- Vacant units
- 0
- Built (median)
- 1963
Commute
- Public transit
- 0(0.0%)
- Work from home
- 0(0.0%)
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 0(0.0%)
- Uninsured
- 0(0.0%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 40(100.0%)
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 0(0.0%)
- Non-English at home
- 0(0.0%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$630
/month
1 Bed
$800
/month
2 Bed
$920
/month
3 Bed
$1,260
/month
4 Bed
$1,390
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
New housing units permitted
43
Across 31 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $9.6M.
Single-family
27
63% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
16
37% of total units
Single-family value
$8.2M
construction value
Multifamily value
$1.4M
construction value
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.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$58,453
Average weekly wage
$1,124
Total employment
12,375
Total establishments
692
That is roughly 11% 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
Unemployment rate
4.9%
That is 0.9 percentage points above the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
15,177
Employed
14,434
Unemployed
743
Based on Lee 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.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
10
Date Range
1973–2020
Most Recent Declaration
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Biological — declared March 26, 2020 (DR-4489)
Incident period: January 20, 2020 – May 11, 2023
Top Incident Types
- Flood4 (40%)
- Snowstorm3 (30%)
- Biological2 (20%)
- Hurricane1 (10%)
Individual Assistance
2
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
1
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
10
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
3
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
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.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
49.4°F
40.2° – 58.7°
Annual precipitation
40.5"
Annual snowfall
31.2"
Heating · cooling days
6,486.9 · 851.6
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: DIXON 1W, IL US, 6.8 miles from the centroid of ZIP 61324 (ZIP 61324)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
7,354
That is roughly 846 years per 100,000 below the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
19%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.3
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.4
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
5.6%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
73
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
2,895
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
8.0
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
71%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
46%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 7.1% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Lee 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
Food access status
Moderate food access challenges
18.9% of Lee County, IL residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.15
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.85
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.62
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 5.8% 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 Lee 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
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−273 people
−193 households • −$18.1M net AGI flow
Moved in
916households
1,514 people • $48.3M AGI
Moved out
1,109households
1,787 people • $66.3M AGI
Where new residents came from
- Whiteside County, IL — 160 households
- Ogle County, IL — 118 households
- DeKalb County, IL — 48 households
- LaSalle County, IL — 30 households
- Winnebago County, IL — 27 households
Where departing residents went
- Whiteside County, IL — 174 households
- Ogle County, IL — 131 households
- LaSalle County, IL — 41 households
- DeKalb County, IL — 40 households
- Cook County, IL — 38 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $52,713 versus departing households' $59,826.
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.
Taxes & benefits in Illinois
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 61324. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
Yes
graduated
Sales tax (combined)
8.96%
State 6.25% · avg local 2.71%
Property tax (effective)
2.18%
Median $4,224/year
Tax burden rank
38 of 50
11.20% of personal income
For ZIP 61324: Applied to this ZIP's typical home value of $116,700, that works out to roughly $2,544/year in property tax.
Paid family leave
Program
No program
No program
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
165% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). No asset test.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 61324
Nearby ZIPs by distance
61057 (Nachusa, 4.7 mi) · 61021 (Dixon, 5.3 mi) · 61310 (Amboy, 5.6 mi) · 61031 (Franklin Grove, 6.3 mi) · 61331 (Lee Center, 7.2 mi) · 61042 (Harmon, 9.1 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
Obesity
38.2%
5.2pp above the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
41.5%
9.5pp above the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
19.6%
2.4pp below the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
81.3%
5.3pp above the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
5.9%
7.1pp below the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
13.8%
2.8pp above the 11.0% national rate.
Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
2
Median in-state tuition
$4,200
Median earnings (10 yr)
$31,380
- 2-Year
Illinois Valley Community College
Oglesby, IL · 61348
- In-state tuition
- $4,200
- Out-of-state tuition
- $16,385
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 43.3%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $40,810
- Median student debt
- $8,233
- Certificate
Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Peru
PERU, IL · 61354
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 72.3%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $21,949
- Median student debt
- $9,833
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.
What these numbers say together
IL 61324 (ZIP 61324) sits in Lee County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in above the national average at 41.5%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 2 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $4,200. The CDC SVI flags housing & transportation (61th percentile) as this ZIP's standout vulnerability dimension, sitting well above its overall 26th-percentile score. FEMA has issued 10 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1973. Only 5.6% of residents under 65 are uninsured (County Health Rankings, 2025) — well below the national county median. Fast-food restaurants outnumber grocery stores roughly 4-to-1 per capita (USDA Food Environment Atlas) — a "food swamp" pattern often linked to higher diet-related disease prevalence. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 273 residents (193 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. 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: fair market rent of $920 for a two-bedroom, a low 0.0% poverty rate, and a median home value of $116,700. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits lower the national rate at 19.6%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 61324
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 61324?
38.2%, which is 5.2 percentage points above the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 61324?
19.6%, which is 2.4 percentage points below the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 61324?
41.5%, which is 9.5 percentage points above the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the population of ZIP 61324?
85 people live in ZIP 61324, with a median age of 55.1 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
Is ZIP 61324 mostly renters or homeowners?
In ZIP 61324, 60.0% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 40.0% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 61324?
In ZIP 61324, 0.0% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.0% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the poverty rate in ZIP 61324?
0.0% of the population in ZIP 61324 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What percentage of households in ZIP 61324 have broadband internet?
100.0% of households in ZIP 61324 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 61324 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 61324 ranks in the 26th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a moderate vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 61324?
Housing Type & Transportation is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 61324, ranking in the 61th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 61324 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 10 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 61324 between 1973–2020 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 61324?
Flood is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 61324, accounting for 4 of 10 declarations (40%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 61324?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 61324 was "COVID-19 PANDEMIC" — a biological declared in 2020 (DR-4489) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 61324?
2 colleges and universities are listed near ZIP 61324 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including Illinois Valley Community College and Educators Of Beauty College Of Cosmetology-Peru (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the average tuition at colleges near ZIP 61324?
Median in-state tuition across 2 nearby institutions is $4,200 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What do graduates earn from colleges near ZIP 61324?
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $31,380 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 61324?
ZIP 61324 has an average annual temperature of 49.4°F and 40.5" of annual precipitation based on the DIXON 1W, IL US weather station 6.8 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 61324?
Illinois has a graduated income tax with a top rate of unspecified. Combined sales tax: 8.96% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Illinois have paid family leave?
Illinois has no state paid family leave program (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 61324?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (40 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2 institutions), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (10 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (10 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 61324
Nearby ZIPs by distance
61057 (Nachusa, 4.7 mi) · 61021 (Dixon, 5.3 mi) · 61310 (Amboy, 5.6 mi) · 61031 (Franklin Grove, 6.3 mi) · 61331 (Lee Center, 7.2 mi) · 61042 (Harmon, 9.1 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Data refreshed via Mubboo's ETL pipeline; oldest source on this page retrieved Apr 24, 2026.
Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
26th percentile
Moderate Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 7
Vulnerability Themes
Persons with Disability
1
Adults Age 65+
1
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.