| City: | Lafox, Illinois |
| County: | Kane County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:08:21 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 331 / 630 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 41.8864, -88.4087 |
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This isn't a town with traditional street delivery. Rural carrier routes serve the handful of addresses in the area, but residents and businesses alike use the LaFox post office for mail collection. The 37 businesses that call 60147 home rely on PO Boxes as their official mailing addresses, even though their physical locations may sit along LaFox Road. That's standard for rural communities where carrier routes don't provide the same daily service as urban mail delivery.
With only two streets in the postal database, LaFox represents a rural service area where most addresses fall under neighboring ZIP codes for delivery purposes. LaFox Road dominates the limited street infrastructure.
ZIP Code 60147 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 11 business establishments, employing about 358 people with an annual payroll of $32,029,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 114Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 11Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $7,557,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $32,029,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 358Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 60147 is located in Kane County, Illinois, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16980) and Illinois's 11st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 9,359,555 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 60147, and is subdivided into the Elgin, 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: | Elgin, IL (CBSA Div 20994)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 9,359,555Source: Census |
| MSA: | Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 11Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 280.95 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Chicago, IL PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 60147 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.