Best Places60560, IL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 60560, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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60560 ranks 4,419th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 60560

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 60560 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

60560's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Few empty homes
Top 10%Heat safety
Top 10%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 60560 with other zip codes.

Where 60560 ranks high

  • Low vacancyBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than 94% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Household income$120,808 median, better than 90% of zip codes

Where 60560 ranks low

  • Low property taxBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 18% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$1,203 a month, better than only 20% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 60560

A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 60560 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,808, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$113,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,642
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $356,276 home
Median rent
$1,716
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,817
Property tax$707
Homeowners insurance$119

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 60560's effective rate of 2.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 60560

60560 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
38
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
14%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.0
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1827%
18 to 3421%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6419%
65 and older14%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 60560.


Who works in 60560, and how

Work in 60560 centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
15%
about the national average
Unemployment
4.0%
below the national average
Job growth
+6.4%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing13%
Retail trade12%
Health care & social11%
Transportation & warehousing9%
Education9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 81%
  • Work from home 15%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 60560

60560 has more parkland per resident than 82% of zip codes and more late-night spots per resident than 86% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 60560 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
110
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 40.4 per 10,000 residents, more than 58% of zip codes
Coffee shops
13
about 4.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 65% of zip codes
Parkland
190 acres
about 7.0 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 82% of zip codes
Open past 10pm
~45
food and drink venues open late, about 16.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 86% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 60560, month by month

60560 sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January32°24°17°
April61°49°38°
July85°74°63°
October65°53°43°

Flying in and out of 60560

Chicago O'Hare International sits about 35 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International, about 35 miles
Airport size
Large hub
3rd-busiest in the US, 305 nonstop destinations
Average drive
50 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 60560

Schools across 60560 average a C+, better than 44% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 60560 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


60560 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 60560 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 60560 suits

Families

Schools land around the 44th percentile and crime safety beats 82%.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 15% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 63% of zip codes and health care access beats 61%.

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Common questions about living in 60560

Is 60560 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 60560 ranks 4,419th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on few empty homes, heat safety, and a strong job market, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 60560 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $356,276. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $120,808 median income, cost of living beats 91% of zip codes.

Is 60560 safe?

Yes, 60560 is safer than 82% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 60560?

July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 17. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of zip codes.

Is 60560 good for families?

Schools beat 44% of zip codes, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,203 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 60560. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 60560 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

60560 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 60560: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 60560: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 60560: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 60560: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

60560 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.