ZIP 60521

60521 is one of 37 ZIP codes that lie mostly in DuPage County, IL — 83% of its own area is in the county.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 1 of the 36 with a value.

6 school locations in 60521: 4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elem School, Monroe Elem School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 60521 was worth $633,813.

Values peaked at $1,266,773 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $1,266,773, +9.5% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $1,266,773. Put 20% down and borrow $1,013,418 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $7,017 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $244,318 a year, $20,360 a month. So the payment takes 34.5% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 17.2% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $3,795.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $2,807.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $6,517 — +132% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +46%.

Reported values rose +100% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $1,250,895. So the real change is +1%, not +100%.

60521: +100% since January 2000.

DuPage County: +124% since January 2000.

Illinois: +128% since January 2000 — 60521 ran behind it by 28 points.

Against 1,303 Illinois ZIP codes, 60521 sits at the 3rd percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

84th for appreciation (recent value growth); 10th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $8,283 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $3,900 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 27.1. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 28 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 61% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 61. That is 24% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 32 a month. That is 77% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 1.9 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 4 more homes sold than came on each month, so inventory is shrinking. The basin is draining.

Homes sold: about 32 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 29 — so sales ran at 110% of it, and below it in 20 of the last 24 months.

Across DuPage County, builders pulled permits for 1,265 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 67% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in DuPage County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 17,101 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 16,921 moved out.

Net across those counties: +180 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 61 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Cook, IL (11,143 households); most departures went to Cook, IL (8,374).

County assessor records list 2,471 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $940,000; the typical home value is $1,266,773.

The assessor average sits −25.8% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.