What is the population of Zion city?

Zion city has 24,466 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Zion city?

Median household income in Zion city is $62,574 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Zion city?

Median gross rent is $1,139 a month and the median home value is $179,100, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.

Is Zion city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Zion city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Zion, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Zion, Illinois (Zion, IL — Census place “Zion city”) is 24,466 residents, ranking #92 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $62,574, the median home is worth $179,100 and median gross rent runs $1,139 a month. Looking for the Zion Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Zion, IL: 60099.

Population: 24,466Zion city residents
Median household income: $62,574Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $179,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,139Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56%Owner-occupied households

Zion ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Zion.

The Zion IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

60099

What the numbers mean in Zion city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Zion city median would spend about 21.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.5% of residents and 56% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Zion city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Zion city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 24,466 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #92 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 34 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Zion city earn a median of $62,574 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 16.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Zion city is valued at $179,100, 41% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,139 a month, 19% below the national figure, or roughly $13,668 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 56% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Zion city?: Zion city has 24,466 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Zion city?: Median household income in Zion city is $62,574 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Zion city?: Median gross rent is $1,139 a month and the median home value is $179,100, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.
Is Zion city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Zion city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Zion city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.