62541 ZIP Code — Lake Fork, IL

ZIP code 62541 covers Lake Fork, Illinois.

Poverty rate: 0%12.4 points below the US average
Degree or higher: 0%35 points below the US average
Time zone: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 62541 is

Lake Fork, Illinois — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	100%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	0%

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Poverty rate	0%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0%
High school diploma or higher	100%
Works from home	0%
Drives to work alone	100%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	0%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 86.9% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively High
Expected annual loss	92.3 out of 100
Community resilience	74.3 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Strong wind	98.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought	98.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	95Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	89.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	88Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	85.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	84.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	80Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	79.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	77Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	69Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	67.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	40.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	39.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Illinois and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Illinois	United States
Median household income	—	$81,702	$78,538
Income per person	—	$45,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	0%	11.7%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$250,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,227	$1,348
Homeownership	—	66.8%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0%	37.2%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.8%	5.2%
Works from home	0%	14%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	14.4%	13.9%
Median age	—	38.9	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	LINCOLN, IL US20.2 km away
Rain in a year	40 in
Snow in a year	19 in

Average high and low by month

January	34.5°F / 17.8°F2.17 in rain, 5.7 in snow
February	39.5°F / 21.6°F1.92 in rain, 6.2 in snow
March	51.7°F / 31.1°F2.7 in rain, 1.8 in snow
April	64.4°F / 40.8°F4.24 in rain
May	74.8°F / 52.4°F4.37 in rain
June	83.3°F / 61.3°F4.16 in rain
July	85.5°F / 63.8°F4.91 in rain
August	84°F / 61.3°F3.47 in rain
September	79.2°F / 53.4°F3.3 in rain
October	66.3°F / 41.8°F3.42 in rain, 0.1 in snow
November	51.4°F / 32°F2.88 in rain, 0.6 in snow
December	39.2°F / 23.1°F2.29 in rain, 4.9 in snow

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23	100% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	22more vulnerable than 22% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	1more vulnerable than 1% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	49more vulnerable than 49% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	50more vulnerable than 50% of US census tracts
Walkability	4.3 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

62519 Cornland, IL	5.8 km away
62548 Mount Pulaski, IL	6.1 km away
62634 Elkhart, IL	9.9 km away
62515 Buffalo, IL	13.8 km away
62543 Latham, IL	15.2 km away
62520 Dawson, IL	15.8 km away
62539 Illiopolis, IL	15.9 km away
62518 Chestnut, IL	16.8 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Logan County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	2.31 sq mi
Latitude, longitude	39.9706, -89.3505

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.