Where Dixmoor sits
Dixmoor is a 1.25-square-mile village of 2,973 people (2020 Census), with Blue Island and Riverdale to the north, Posen to the west and Harvey to the south and east. It once went by Specialville, and its current name may come from the Dixie Highway, which forms the line with Posen and turns into Western Avenue heading north. Western Avenue actually ends here, at Dixie Highway and Sibley Boulevard.
Three ZIP codes reach into the village, 60406, 60418 and 60426, so a Dixmoor address can look like a Blue Island, Crestwood or Harvey one online. We work from the street address.
Our route from 13720 S Lowe Ave runs down Halsted Street, west on 147th Street (Sibley Boulevard, Illinois Route 83), then up Wood Street to 143rd Street: about 3.7 road miles, nine minutes without traffic. Interstate 57 passes through the village, and exit 350 at Sibley Boulevard is just west in Posen.
Mobile home parks change the pickup
Nearly half of Dixmoor’s housing units are mobile homes, by the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 estimates; the other half are single-unit homes. That’s unusual for the area, and it changes how we plan.
In a mobile home park, the car is usually on a narrow pad beside the home or in a shared parking area, and the roads inside the park can be tight for a tow truck. Before pickup day:
- Check the park’s rules on tow trucks and tell the office a car is being removed.
- Note your lot or site number and which entrance is closest.
- Look at how the car is parked. If it’s nose-in against the home with no room to swing, we’ll need to know.
Our checklist for what to do before the tow truck arrives covers the rest, from license plates to the toll transponder. Park and apartment lots are a normal part of our lot and repair-shop pickups.
Dixmoor’s rules are some of the strictest nearby
The village code, posted by the village as a PDF compilation, sets short clocks:
- 48 hours on private property. No wrecked or nonoperating vehicle may be left on private property for more than 48 hours outside an enclosed building.
- No dead cars on the street. A wrecked or nonoperating vehicle can’t be kept on a street at all, and police may tow any vehicle parked on a public street for 24 consecutive hours.
- Inoperable means 7 days. A car with parts removed or damaged for 7 days or more counts as inoperable, and a car down for repairs counts too if it isn’t fixed within 14 days of a notice. Police can declare an inoperable car in public view a nuisance and remove it 7 days after the village’s notice, with a hearing offered.
- Snow. After 2 or more inches, no street parking until the plows have cleared the street; cars in the way are moved at the owner’s expense.
- Parkways. Parking on a sidewalk or parkway draws a fine.
A dead car in a Dixmoor driveway is on a tighter clock than the same car in Dolton, which allows 10 days. Our comparison of village rules lays them out side by side.
The village sticker
Dixmoor requires a village vehicle license for residents who use a vehicle on village streets and alleys. The annual passenger-vehicle fee in the posted code is $30. Once the car is sold for scrap you don’t need one for it.
What we buy in Dixmoor, and payment
Cars that won’t start, wrecked or burned cars, rusted-out shells, and pickups, vans and SUVs. The tow is free. The driver checks the car against what you told us, you sign the paperwork, and you’re paid there by cash, Zelle or Cash App. If the title is missing, list what you have; Illinois rules decide which papers work, and we’ll confirm on the call.
Around Dixmoor
Blue Island is north up Western Avenue, Phoenix is east past Harvey, and the village of Riverdale is northeast. All of our towns are on the towns page.