Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/60088

60088

ZIP 60088 is Great Lakes, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Population
14,400
Coordinates
42.3096, -87.8441
☼ Live from 60088 — Great Lakes, IL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 60088 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60088
  • 🔢 Type 60088 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,088 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 29 × 37. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60087 (Waukegan, IL, 7 mi away) and 60089 (Buffalo Grove, IL, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60088 becomes 88006 — and that is a real ZIP code: Las Cruces, NM, 1,245 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00688, 06088, 06880, 08068, 08086, 08608, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00688 in Sabana Hoyos, PR, 2,069 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯584 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60088 and you would come out at 42.31°S, 92.16°E — 1,157 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 2.4 square miles of land, 60088 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.8 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 60088 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population14,400This ZIP14,400
Households1,296This ZIP1,296
Housing units1,489This ZIP1,489
Median age21.1This ZIP21.1Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$66,008This ZIP$66,008Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,843This ZIP$1,843Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.6%This ZIP18.6%
Mean commute11.1 minThis ZIP11.1 min
Population density6,007.5 / sq miThis ZIP6,007.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees906This ZIP906
Annual payroll$39,621,000This ZIP$39,621,000
Tax returns filed1,500This ZIP1,500
Total adjusted gross income$71,510,000This ZIP$71,510,000

Land area

Land area2.40 sq miThis ZIP2.40 sq mi
Water area0.98 sq miThis ZIP0.98 sq mi

Other place names in 60088

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 60088

ZIPCityDistance
60064 North Chicago, IL 1.3 mi
60044 Lake Bluff, IL 1.7 mi
60085 Waukegan, IL 3.2 mi
60079 Waukegan, IL 3.7 mi
60045 Lake Forest, IL 5.2 mi
60048 Libertyville, IL 5.3 mi
60087 Waukegan, IL 6.5 mi
60031 Gurnee, IL 6.6 mi
60037 Fort Sheridan, IL 7.2 mi
60040 Highwood, IL 7.3 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 60088 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60088?

60088 is in Great Lakes, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3096, -87.8441.

What county is 60088 in?

60088 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60088?

Great Lakes uses area codes 224 and 847, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60088 in?

60088 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60088?

About 14,400 people live in ZIP code 60088, in 1,296 households, at 6,007.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 60088?

$66,008 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60088?

The closest are 60064 (1.3 mi), 60044 (1.7 mi), 60085 (3.2 mi), 60079 (3.7 mi) and 60045 (5.2 mi).

Is 60088 a PO Box ZIP code?

60088 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “60088 ZIP Code — Great Lakes, Illinois (Lake County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/60088

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/60088.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.