ZIP 60603

60603 is one of 167 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Cook County, IL.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 20 of the 40 nearby ZIPs shown.

1 school location in 60603: 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Intrinsic 2 Charter High School. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In December 2016 the typical home in 60603 was worth $796,459.

Values peaked at $796,459 in December 2016. The latest reading is −56.8% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $343,967, −0.1% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $343,967. Put 20% down and borrow $275,174 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,905 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $128,107 a year, $10,676 a month. So the payment takes 17.8% 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 41.3% in 2016.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in December 2016 (4.20%) the payment was $3,115.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,659.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,770 — +7% since December 2020, while the home's value moved −33%.

Reported values rose −57% since December 2016.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +38% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2016 home was worth $1,096,789. So the real change is −69%, not −57%.

60603: −57% since December 2016.

Cook County: +55% since December 2016.

Illinois: +66% since December 2016 — 60603 ran behind it by 122 points.

Against 1,303 Illinois ZIP codes, 60603 sits at the 45th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

13th for appreciation (recent value growth); 79th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $2,249 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,484 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 11.5. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Homes sold: about 4 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 5 — so sales ran at 80% of it, and below it in 9 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: 19 in June 2026.

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