Lake County, Illinois

Mettawa

County	Lake County
Freight grouping	None on this site
ZIP codes	60048, 60045
Data as of	CMAP 2026 release

Mettawa (filled) with the towns around it, county lines (dashed) and intermodal rail ramps (squares). Boundaries: Census 2023. Ramps: BTS NTAD.

Mettawa is in Lake County, Illinois. Industrial land is a small share here: 0 acres, 0% of the town, in CMAP's 2023 inventory. It is a workplace town: LEHD counted 4,834 jobs located here in 2023, against 533 residents in the 2020 Census. The nearest intermodal rail ramp in the federal atlas is Schiller Park, 19.4 mi away in a straight line.

Industrial acres, 0% of land (2023)^[1]

4,834

Jobs located here (LEHD 2023)^[1]

533

Residents, 2020 Census^[1]

562

Residents, July 2024 estimate^[2]

19.4 mi

To Schiller Park rail ramp^[4]

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With 0 industrial acres, pallets in Mettawa are more likely to come from shops, contractors and small distributors. Small piles rarely pay for a truck on their own, so grouping with a neighbour or waiting until you have more usually works better.

ZIP codes that overlap Mettawa: 60048 and 60045. Enter one on the Load Line to see the pickup verdict for a load here.

Mettawa at a glance
Industrial land (CMAP 2023)	0 acres (0%)
Transport, utility and right-of-way land (CMAP 2023)	288 acres
Total area (CMAP 2023)	3,538 acres
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023)	4,834
Residents (2020 Census)	533
Residents (July 2024 estimate)	562
Land area (Census Gazetteer)	5.45 sq mi
Rail ramp: Schiller Park	19.4 mi
Rail ramp: Franklin Park (Bensenville Intermodal Terminal)	20.9 mi

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Sources

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.
Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates. Subcounty resident population estimates, July 1, 2024 (file sub-est2024.csv).
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.
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.
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.
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.