ZIP Code 60565 in Illinois had an estimated 6,400 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024. That was a reported increase of 200 from December 2023, or 3.2%, with ZIP-level counts controlled-rounded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and therefore always approximate.
The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, commonly known as Social Security, pays monthly benefits to qualified retired and disabled workers, their dependents and survivors of insured workers. Eligibility and benefit amounts are based on a worker's Social Security-covered earnings and contributions rather than financial need. OASDI is separate from Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides benefits based largely on limited income and resources and is funded through general federal tax revenues rather than employment taxes.
By category, retired workers were the largest group in ZIP Code 60565, with a reported 5,380 beneficiaries, about 84.1%. Widow(er)s and parents were the second-largest group at 285 beneficiaries, roughly 4.5%. Disabled workers numbered 270, spouses 230 and children 235; their shares ranged from 3.6% to 4.2%. About 5,750 beneficiaries were age 65 or older, representing roughly 89.8% of the total — across all five categories rather than as an additional group.
Year over year, retired workers increased by 225 (4.4%); widow(er)s and parents rose by 5 (1.8%), and children increased by 5 (2.2%). Disabled workers decreased by 10 (-3.6%), and spouses fell by 25 (-9.8%). All category changes are reported values. In this instance the independently rounded category figures add up to the reported ZIP total, though rounding methods do not guarantee that outcome every year.
In December 2024 beneficiaries in ZIP Code 60565 received a reported $15.1 million in monthly Social Security benefits. The approximate average benefit per beneficiary was about $2,355 for the month; both totals reflect source-rounded counts and benefit figures.
The published record for ZIP Code 60565 includes December readings from 2018 through 2024, seven observations in total. Over that span reported beneficiaries generally increased each year, rising from 5,230 in 2018 to 6,400 in 2024, with gains in most years and no reported declines. Only years with sufficient counts are published; other years may be omitted if they fall below the reporting threshold.
Statewide, Illinois had a reported 2,360,590 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024, an increase of 45,809 from the prior year. ZIP Code 60565 represented about 0.3% of Illinois' statewide beneficiary count, an approximation since the ZIP figure is rounded. The ZIP tied for 100th out of 1,438 published ZIP Codes in Illinois, with two ZIPs sharing that rank. Illinois recorded 185.9 Social Security beneficiaries per 1,000 state residents in 2024, below the pooled comparison rate of 200.2 beneficiaries per 1,000 across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, based on Census population data for 2024. Statewide measures use the SSA-published state-total record rather than a sum of ZIP Counts, and the SSA assigns ZIP Codes using address records, which may reflect representative payees rather than beneficiaries themselves.
Beneficiary and benefit figures come from OASDI Beneficiaries by State and ZIP Code, 2024, and state population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. All reported figures represent beneficiaries in current-payment status in December, with the SSA assigning ZIP Codes based on address records that can reflect a representative payee. ZIP-level counts are controlled-rounded, generally to the nearest five, and categories are rounded separately; category totals may, but do not always, match the reported ZIP total. ZIPs with unpublished rows are excluded, and only published years appear in trend data. Statewide context uses the SSA-published state-total record rather than summing ZIPs. The 51-jurisdiction rate comparison is a pooled beneficiary-to-population ratio, not a national rate or an unweighted mean of individual jurisdiction rates.