| City: | Palatine, Illinois |
| County: | Cook County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:02:37 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 224 / 847 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.1106, -88.0342 |
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ZIP Code 60078 serves as a dedicated PO Box ZIP within Palatine, Illinois. It doesn't represent a geographic area but instead functions as a postal point for 263 PO Boxes at a single location on W Colfax Street. The enclosing ZIP 60067 handles residential street delivery for the broader Palatine community.
This ZIP operates alongside Palatine's standard delivery ZIPs. Residents and businesses who want a PO Box in Palatine can use 60078, while those receiving mail at their physical addresses use the sibling ZIPs that cover actual territory. With 355 business delivery points and only 11 establishments, the W Colfax Street address appears to house multiple commercial tenants using unit-based addressing.
There's no population assigned to 60078 because it has no residential territory. Census data doesn't apply. The MultiPoint geometry confirms this is a point-based ZIP centered on a single post office location rather than a boundary-defined service area.
All street records are on W Colfax Street with unit designators, indicating a multi-tenant commercial location.
ZIP Code 60078 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 11 business establishments, employing about 40 people with an annual payroll of $1,831,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 731Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 11Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $341,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,831,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 40Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 60078 is located in Cook County, Illinois, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16980) and Illinois's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 9,461,105 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 60078, and is subdivided into the Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 16980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL (CBSA Div 16984)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 9,461,105Source: Census |
| MSA: | Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 95.71 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Chicago, IL PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1757225Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Palatine village; IllinoisSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 60078 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.