Lake County, Illinois

714,223 people. The median home is worth $345,700 (typical Illinois town: $156,600) and the median household earns $110,416.

Towns in Lake County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Waukegan	89,321	$190,900	$71,919	35.5
Buffalo Grove	43,212	$412,300	$129,395	42.0
Mundelein	31,560	$309,700	$108,340	38.1
North Chicago	30,759	$159,600	$60,172	23.2
Gurnee	30,706	$344,300	$119,628	40.1
Highland Park	30,176	$607,300	$168,094	45.0
Round Lake Beach	27,252	$199,200	$86,059	33.8
Vernon Hills	26,850	$412,300	$121,943	41.8
Zion	24,655	$183,800	$63,104	32.3
Grayslake	21,248	$309,500	$113,972	37.2
Libertyville	20,579	$512,000	$165,667	42.1
Lake Zurich	19,759	$435,300	$135,968	40.3
Lake Forest	19,367	$938,300	$235,081	46.1
Deerfield	19,196	$623,400	$181,660	44.5
Round Lake	18,721	$278,600	$111,977	36.1
Antioch	14,622	$306,700	$108,899	36.8
Lindenhurst	14,406	$294,100	$131,474	37.6
Beach Park	14,249	$245,800	$85,664	43.7
Wauconda	14,084	$278,600	$111,239	36.6
Fox Lake	10,978	$228,100	$70,819	42.9
Gages Lake	10,637	$310,500	$103,318	39.8
Hawthorn Woods	9,062	$619,100	$219,631	40.9
Lake Villa	8,741	$351,700	$118,750	40.4
Long Grove	8,366	$804,600	$250,001	49.2
Lincolnshire	7,940	$677,700	$185,580	49.4
Park City	7,885	$57,400	$60,171	34.5
Round Lake Park	7,680	$164,900	$55,813	50.0
Winthrop Harbor	6,705	$250,800	$95,690	53.4
Lakemoor	6,182	$265,500	$100,414	35.5
Volo	6,122	$319,700	$160,792	33.5
Lake Bluff	5,616	$776,700	$204,000	46.3
Grandwood Park	5,297	$330,500	$126,736	42.2
Lake Barrington	5,100	$475,700	$141,958	54.9
Highwood	5,074	$405,400	$107,875	41.0
Green Oaks	4,128	$673,100	$147,614	46.2
Kildeer	4,091	$770,700	$250,001	45.9
Riverwoods	3,790	$800,700	$249,205	50.4
Deer Park	3,681	$661,300	$174,458	41.2
Long Lake	3,663	$220,100	$104,621	33.9
Hainesville	3,546	$210,500	$129,911	39.9
Wadsworth	3,517	$378,900	$142,738	38.5
North Barrington	3,171	$765,900	$226,055	47.9
Venetian Village	2,761	$231,100	$79,273	38.3
Fox Lake Hills	2,684	$245,000	$111,964	42.4
Round Lake Heights	2,622	$216,800	$78,986	29.5

People and housing

	Lake County	Typical Illinois town
Median home value	$345,700	$156,600
Median rent	$1,477	$960
Median household income	$110,416	$72,500
Median age	39.1	40.4
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	21.8%
Below the poverty line	8.3%	9.9%

Jobs and pay

329,354 jobs in 2024, average pay $91,042 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 815 storm events in Lake County from 1996 to 2026, with 15 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Lake County has been included in 17 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
March 26, 2020	Biological	DR-4489: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3435: Covid-19
May 10, 2013	Flood	DR-4116: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
March 17, 2011	Snowstorm	DR-1960: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
June 24, 2008	Severe Storm	DR-1771: Severe Storms And Flooding
March 13, 2008	Snowstorm	EM-3283: Record Snow And Near Record Snow

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).