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Kane County, Illinois

Elgin

CountyKane County
Freight groupingI-90 Elgin and Hoffman Estates
ZIP codes60123, 60124, 60120
Data as ofCMAP 2026 release
Map of Elgin with bordering towns and rail ramps5 miN
Elgin (filled) with the towns around it, county lines (dashed) and intermodal rail ramps (squares). Boundaries: Census 2023. Ramps: BTS NTAD.

Elgin sits in Kane County, in the I-90 Elgin and Hoffman Estates freight grouping on this site. CMAP's 2023 land-use inventory counts 2,299 acres of industrial land here, 9.3% of the town, which ranks 6th of the 220 towns on this site. LEHD counted 53,387 jobs located here in 2023; the 2020 Census counted 114,797 residents. The nearest intermodal rail ramp in the federal atlas is Northlake (Global II), 23.2 mi away in a straight line.

2,299
Industrial acres, 9.3% of land (2023) [1]
53,387
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023) [1]
114,797
Residents, 2020 Census [1]
114,701
Residents, July 2024 estimate [2]
23.2 mi
To Northlake (Global II) rail ramp [4]

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Reading the numbers

With 2,299 industrial acres, most pallets in Elgin are likely to come off plant and warehouse docks rather than shops. Docks that send out steady volume can usually fill a trailer, which is what makes a free or paid pickup work. Check a load on the Load Line before paying anyone to haul it.

IDES counted 42,510 private-sector jobs here in its 2025 Where Workers Work report. The two job counts measure different things (LEHD counts primary jobs, IDES counts covered private jobs), so read them as a range, not a trend.

Industrial property here carried $734.6 million of equalized assessed value in 2024 (Illinois Department of Revenue).

ZIP codes that overlap Elgin: 60123, 60124 and 60120. Enter one on the Load Line to see the pickup verdict for a load here.

Elgin at a glance
Industrial land (CMAP 2023)2,299 acres (9.3%)
Transport, utility and right-of-way land (CMAP 2023)4,687 acres
Total area (CMAP 2023)24,779 acres
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023)53,387
Private-sector jobs (IDES 2025)42,510
Industrial EAV (IDOR 2024)$734.6 million
Residents (2020 Census)114,797
Residents (July 2024 estimate)114,701
Land area (Census Gazetteer)38.14 sq mi
Rail ramp: Northlake (Global II)23.2 mi
Rail ramp: Franklin Park (Bensenville Intermodal Terminal)23.2 mi

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Sources

  1. CMAP Community Data Snapshots 2026. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Population from the 2020 Census (P.L. 94-171); jobs located in the place from LEHD 2023 (primary jobs); private-sector jobs from IDES Where Workers Work 2025; land use from the CMAP 2023 Land Use Inventory; industrial equalized assessed value from the Illinois Department of Revenue, 2024.
  2. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates. Subcounty resident population estimates, July 1, 2024 (file sub-est2024.csv).
  3. Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA relationship files. ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county land overlaps. A ZIP is listed for a town when at least 20% of the ZIP's land, or 10% of the town's land, overlaps.
  4. BTS National Transportation Atlas Database: Intermodal Freight Facilities, Rail TOFC/COFC. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, compiled 2018 and updated July 2022. Distances are straight-line miles from the place's internal point to the facility point.
  5. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023. 1:500,000 county and place boundaries, simplified for the maps. Bordering towns are those whose boundaries come within about 0.1 mile of each other.
  6. Natural Earth 1:10m lakes. Lake Michigan outline for the maps. Public domain.

Last reviewed 2026-10-27. Not legal advice and not a price quote. See how the figures are built.