| City: | Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| City Alias: | Hoffman Est, Schaumburg |
| Names to Avoid: | Sears Roebuck And Company |
| County: | Cook County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:03:44 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 847 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 42.0767, -88.2154 |
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ZIP code 60179 served as a unique postal designation for Sears, Roebuck and Co. operations at its Hoffman Estates, Illinois headquarters. Founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck, Sears relocated from its iconic Sears Tower in downtown Chicago to a sprawling 273-acre campus at 3333 Beverly Road in 1992. The move reportedly came with $536 million in state and local tax incentives, the largest corporate relocation package in Illinois history at the time.
Postal records identify 20 ZIP+4 codes routing mail to Sears Merchandise Group and Sears Roebuck and Company at this location. Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018, and Transformco put the headquarters up for sale in 2021. Compass Datacenters acquired the property in 2023, with demolition beginning in August 2024 to make way for a new data center facility. The ZIP code has no Census population data, reflecting its commercial-only status.
| Establishments: | 12 |
| Employment: | 3,623 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 60179 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 1,237 people with an annual payroll of $90,050,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,612Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $22,382,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $90,050,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 1,237Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 60179 is located in Cook County, Illinois, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16980) and Illinois's 8th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 9,461,105 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 60179, 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: | 08Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 205.52 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Chicago, IL PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1735411Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Hoffman Estates village; IllinoisSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 60179 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 March 1, 2026.