ZIP 60546

60546 is one of 167 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Cook County, IL.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 7 of the 39 nearby ZIPs shown.

6 school locations in 60546: 3 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: A F Ames Elem School, Blythe Park Elem School, Central Elem School, Komarek Elem School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 60546 was worth $203,750.

Values peaked at $426,888 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $426,888, +6.4% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $426,888. Put 20% down and borrow $341,510 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,365 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $109,933 a year, $9,161 a month. So the payment takes 25.8% of income — rated “affordable” (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 12.3% 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 $1,220.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,026.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $2,196 — +114% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +35%.

Reported values rose +110% 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 $402,122. So the real change is +6%, not +110%.

60546: +110% since January 2000.

Cook County: +124% since January 2000.

Illinois: +128% since January 2000 — 60546 ran behind it by 18 points.

Against 1,303 Illinois ZIP codes, 60546 sits at the 14th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

56th for appreciation (recent value growth); 29th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $2,791 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,726 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 20.6. 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 17 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 56% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 29.

Going out — closed sales: about 21 a month.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 1.4 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 21 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 22 — so sales ran at 95% of it, and below it in 22 of the last 24 months.

Across Cook County, builders pulled permits for 4,969 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 24% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Cook County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 29,367 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 41,339 moved out.

Net across those counties: −11,972 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 29 in June 2026.

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

County assessor records list 15,943 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $341,330; the typical home value is $426,888.

The assessor average sits −20.0% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.