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McLean County, IL

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 24 ZIP codes inside McLean County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
24
in this county
Total population
171,508
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
22
distinct city/town names
Avg density
114
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in McLean County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
61761 Normal 54,251 492
61704 Bloomington 36,875 748
61701 Bloomington 35,347 1,238
61705 Bloomington 13,130 58
61745 Heyworth 4,729 25
61752 Le Roy 4,458 20
61753 Lexington 3,102 15
61726 Chenoa 2,850 12
61748 Hudson 2,547 23
61736 Downs 2,490 28
61732 Danvers 2,016 13
61744 Gridley 1,543 8
61728 Colfax 1,271 7
61776 Towanda 1,195 12
61754 McLean 1,113 6
61770 Saybrook 1,098 7
61774 Stanford 914 8
61722 Arrowsmith 659 5
61737 Ellsworth 454 5
61724 Bellflower 436 5
61730 Cooksville 403 5
61720 Anchor 255 3
61772 Shirley 208 3
61731 Cropsey 164 3

About McLean County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. McLean County in Illinois contains roughly 24 ZIP codes spread across 22 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 171,508. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Illinois index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 114, which classifies the county overall as a rural environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into McLean County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping McLean County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.