ZIP 60172

60172 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 28 of the 36 with a value.

11 school locations in 60172: 2 elementary, 3 middle, 1 high, 5 other.

In alphabetical order: ALSP-Lake Park East HS-Lake Park, Frederick Nerge Elem School, Lake Park High School, LASSO RMS Dist. 12, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 60172 was worth $171,593.

Values peaked at $383,263 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $383,263, +4.1% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $383,263. Put 20% down and borrow $306,610 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,123 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $109,322 a year, $9,110 a month. So the payment takes 23.3% 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 10.4% 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 $1,027.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $887.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,972 — +122% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +40%.

Reported values rose +123% 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 $338,656. So the real change is +13%, not +123%.

60172: +123% since January 2000.

DuPage County: +124% since January 2000.

Illinois: +128% since January 2000 — 60172 ran behind it by 4 points.

Against 1,303 Illinois ZIP codes, 60172 sits at the 19th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

30th for appreciation (recent value growth); 69th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $2,506 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,307 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 13.8. 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 32 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 64% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 58.

Going out — closed sales: about 32 a month. That is 70% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 1.8 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 1 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

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

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 36 — so sales ran at 89% of it, and below it in 23 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: 58 in June 2026.

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

County assessor records list 3,288 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $380,005; the typical home value is $383,263.

The assessor average sits −0.9% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.