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Cook County, Illinois

Thornton

CountyCook County
Freight groupingSouth suburbs on I-80 and I-94
ZIP codes60476, 60430
Data as ofCMAP 2026 release
Map of Thornton with bordering towns and rail rampsDolton (Yard Center)DoltonHarvey (Gateway)Harvey1 miN
Thornton (filled) with the towns around it, county lines (dashed) and intermodal rail ramps (squares). Boundaries: Census 2023. Ramps: BTS NTAD.

Thornton sits in Cook County, in the South suburbs on I-80 and I-94 freight grouping on this site. Industrial land covers 831 acres (54.1% of the town) in CMAP's 2023 inventory, 26th of 220 towns here. LEHD counted 1,274 jobs located here in 2023; the 2020 Census counted 2,386 residents. An intermodal rail ramp, Harvey (Gateway), is 1.8 mi away in a straight line.

831
Industrial acres, 54.1% of land (2023) [1]
1,274
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023) [1]
2,386
Residents, 2020 Census [1]
2,300
Residents, July 2024 estimate [2]
1.8 mi
To Harvey (Gateway) rail ramp [4]

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With 831 industrial acres, most pallets in Thornton 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.

Industrial property here carried $34.4 million of equalized assessed value in 2024 (Illinois Department of Revenue).

ZIP codes that overlap Thornton: 60476 and 60430. Enter one on the Load Line to see the pickup verdict for a load here.

Thornton at a glance
Industrial land (CMAP 2023)831 acres (54.1%)
Transport, utility and right-of-way land (CMAP 2023)311 acres
Total area (CMAP 2023)1,537 acres
Jobs located here (LEHD 2023)1,274
Industrial EAV (IDOR 2024)$34.4 million
Residents (2020 Census)2,386
Residents (July 2024 estimate)2,300
Land area (Census Gazetteer)2.38 sq mi
Rail ramp: Harvey (Gateway)1.8 mi
Rail ramp: Dolton (Yard Center)3.4 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.