ZIP 60606

60606 is one of 167 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Cook County, IL.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 25 of the 40 nearby ZIPs shown.

In January 2000 the typical home in 60606 was worth $249,763.

Values peaked at $403,802 in July 2017. The latest reading is −17.8% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $331,804, +4.4% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $331,804. Put 20% down and borrow $265,443 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,838 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $139,148 a year, $11,596 a month. So the payment takes 15.8% 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 11.9% 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 $1,495.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,086.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,707 — +57% since December 2020, while the home's value moved −1%.

Reported values rose +33% 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 $492,933. So the real change is −33%, not +33%.

60606: +33% since January 2000.

Cook County: +124% since January 2000.

Illinois: +128% since January 2000 — 60606 ran behind it by 95 points.

Against 1,303 Illinois ZIP codes, 60606 sits at the 58th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

39th for appreciation (recent value growth); 90th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $2,170 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,755 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 10.0. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Homes sold: about 9 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 7 — so sales ran at 129% of it, and below it in 14 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: 18 in June 2026.

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