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/60188

60188

ZIP 60188 is in Carol Stream, Illinois, in DuPage County; area codes 630 and 331; Central time. Carol Stream has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 60116, 60128, 60132, 60197 and 60199.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
DuPage
Population
42,307
Coordinates
41.9157, -88.1294
☼ Live from 60188 — Carol Stream, IL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 60188 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 60188
  • 🔢 Type 60188 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,188 = 2 × 2 × 41 × 367. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60187 (Wheaton, IL, 3 mi away) and 60189 (Wheaton, IL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60188 becomes 88106, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01886, 06881, 08618, 08816, 08861, 18068, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86018 in Parks, AZ, 1,362 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯564 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60188 and you would come out at 41.92°S, 91.87°E — 1,160 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
  • 📏 At 10.1 square miles of land, 60188 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.6 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 60188 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population42,307This ZIP42,307
Households15,350This ZIP15,350
Housing units15,982This ZIP15,982
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$103,628This ZIP$103,628Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$337,400This ZIP$337,400Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,529This ZIP$1,529Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.7%This ZIP42.7%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density4,209.2 / sq miThis ZIP4,209.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,143This ZIP1,143
Employees22,322This ZIP22,322
Annual payroll$1,464,766,000This ZIP$1,464,766,000
Tax returns filed21,200This ZIP21,200
Total adjusted gross income$1,751,664,000This ZIP$1,751,664,000

Land area

Land area10.05 sq miThis ZIP10.05 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

Other place names in 60188

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

ZIP codes near 60188

ZIPCityDistance
60116 Carol Stream, IL 0.4 mi
60197 Carol Stream, IL 0.4 mi
60139 Glendale Heights, IL 2.6 mi
60108 Bloomingdale, IL 3.0 mi
60187 Wheaton, IL 3.1 mi
60190 Winfield, IL 3.2 mi
60138 Glen Ellyn, IL 4.2 mi
60133 Hanover Park, IL 4.3 mi
60186 West Chicago, IL 4.4 mi
60185 West Chicago, IL 4.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 60188 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60188?

60188 is in Carol Stream, Illinois, in DuPage County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9157, -88.1294.

What county is 60188 in?

60188 lies in DuPage County.

What area code is 60188?

Carol Stream uses area codes 630 and 331, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60188 in?

60188 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60188?

About 42,307 people live in ZIP code 60188, in 15,350 households, at 4,209.2 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 60188?

$103,628 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60188?

The closest are 60116 (0.4 mi), 60197 (0.4 mi), 60139 (2.6 mi), 60108 (3 mi) and 60187 (3.1 mi).

Is 60188 a PO Box ZIP code?

60188 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “60188 ZIP Code — Carol Stream, Illinois (DuPage County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/60188

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/60188.json

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