| City: | Waukegan, Illinois |
| County: | Lake County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:02:38 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 224 / 847 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.3639, -87.8447 |
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ZIP code 60079 is a PO Box-only ZIP for Waukegan, Illinois, serving 464 boxes from a post office in Lake County. While the ZIP itself contains only PO Boxes, residents with street addresses use the standard Waukegan ZIP 60085, which encloses this location. The delivery system here isn't about geographic necessity but administrative convenience.
The post office maintains 169 business boxes alongside residential service. Two carrier routes serve N Genesee St and N Lewis St, each handling around 57-58 unit-based delivery points. This setup reflects a small urban hub where PO Boxes coexist with street delivery, a pattern common in established Illinois towns that maintain legacy PO Box infrastructure.
The two streets served by this ZIP both feature unit-based delivery systems, suggesting multi-unit residential or mixed-use buildings in Waukegan's urban core. The simple north-south street grid reflects traditional Illinois town planning.
ZIP Code 60079 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 66 people with an annual payroll of $2,155,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 610Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $564,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,155,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 66Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 60079 is located in Lake County, Illinois, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16980) and Illinois's 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 9,461,105 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 60079, and is subdivided into the Lake County, 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: | Lake County, IL (CBSA Div 29404)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: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 299.78 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Chicago, IL PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1779293Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Waukegan city; IllinoisSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 60079 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.