Chicago, Illinois · Chicago–Naperville–Elgin metro
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and print in Chicago, IL
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and mailing lists for Chicago and Cook County: 77 neighborhoods, the North Shore, the western and southern suburbs, printed and mailed from $0.08 per piece plus postage.
- 2.7 million residents in the city
- ZIP codes 606–608
- Entered through the Cardiss Collins Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally
What it costs in Chicago
The same price in Chicago as in every other city
USPS postage is the same per piece to a Chicago address as to any other. EDDM row shown with $0.26 EDDM Retail postage; the others with $0.395 Marketing Mail. Every size and quantity is on the pricing page.
Chicago is the third-largest city in the country, about 2.7 million people in 77 official community areas, inside a metro of 9.5 million that reaches into Indiana and Wisconsin. ZIP codes 606 through 608 cover the city and its nearest suburbs; the collar counties carry 600 through 605. The housing is a mix that suits every kind of mailing: bungalow belts and two-flats on the Northwest and Southwest Sides where EDDM routes are dense and residential, lakefront high-rises that need a building-level list, and suburbs from Evanston to Orland Park that mail like any American suburb.
Chicago businesses have mailed for a century, from the catalog houses that invented the medium to today's real estate teams, dental groups, HVAC companies, pizza places and political campaigns. Winter is a mailing season here: heating, roofing and plumbing companies mail in September and October, tax preparers in January, and everyone mails the new movers who arrive each summer.
Who mails in Chicago?
Real estate agents farming the bungalow neighborhoods and the North Shore; home services companies mailing by home age, which in Chicago means almost every house; restaurants mailing menus to the two-flat and three-flat routes; dental and medical practices; the region's universities, museums and nonprofits; suburban car dealers; and the wards, aldermanic and county campaigns that run some of the heaviest political mail in the country. Chicago also has a large B2B mail market, with law firms, accounting practices and commercial services mailing the Loop and the suburban office corridors.
City versus suburbs
Inside the city, carrier routes on the Northwest and Southwest Sides and the far South Side are dense and largely residential, and EDDM there is efficient. Along the lakefront from the Loop to Rogers Park, routes are dominated by apartment and condominium buildings, and a targeted list by building or income is the better tool. The suburbs mail like suburbs: EDDM around a business, homeowner lists by value and age for the rest. Many Chicago mailings cover both with one drop.
Weather and timing
Chicago mail seasons follow the weather. Heating and insulation offers land in late September; snow removal, plumbing and window replacement in October; tax and financial mail in January; landscaping, roofing and air conditioning in April; and the new mover programs run hardest from June through September, when most leases and closings happen. Marketing Mail entered at the Chicago facility typically reaches city and suburban mailboxes in three to five business days.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around Chicago
Carrier routes and homeowner lists are available for every part of the metro. The areas below come up most often in Chicago campaigns:
- Lincoln Park
- Lakeview
- Wicker Park
- Logan Square
- Hyde Park
- Beverly
- Edison Park
- Pilsen
- Bridgeport
- Evanston
- Oak Park
- Naperville
- Schaumburg
- Orland Park
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Direct mail in Chicago: questions people ask
How much does direct mail cost in Chicago?
A 6×9 postcard printed and mailed as USPS Marketing Mail costs about $0.58 per piece at 5,000 pieces; a 4×6 about $0.52; an EDDM postcard about $0.40. Chicago-area homeowner and business lists cost about $0.08 to $0.15 per record. Postage is identical in every US city.
Can you mail the Chicago suburbs and the city in one campaign?
Yes. A single mailing can include carrier routes in the city and lists or routes in DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane and McHenry Counties, presorted together, with a different version for each area if the offer changes.
How long does mail take to arrive in Chicago?
Marketing Mail entered at the Chicago facility usually reaches city and suburban addresses in three to five business days; First-Class in one to three. Allow about two weeks end to end for a Marketing Mail campaign including our two-day production.
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