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Vernon township, Lake County, IL

70,875 Population
35.8 square miles 1,978 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$73,675 ±$6,516 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lake County: $56,242 ±$2,106
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$149,574 ±$12,160 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lake County: $108,364 ±$3,470
  • nearly double the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

5.5% ±2.5% (3,881  ±1,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 8.1% † 55,645 (±1.2% / ±8,403)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

28.3 minutes ±1.9 (719,605  ±32,483) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 28.8 8,578,485 (±0.4 / ±139,769)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

27,786 ±1,545 Number of households
  • Lake County: 260,243 ±2,231
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.5 ±0.1 (69,861  ±233) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.7 689,479 (±0 / ±311)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

4.3% ±2.8% (690  ±455) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 4.5% † 7,284 (±0.9% / ±1,491)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

28,149 ±1,512 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 271,341 ±135
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$484,100 ±$22,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lake County: $340,400 ±$7,718
  • nearly double the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

9.8% ±2.9% (6,881  ±2,033.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 9.6% † 67,343 (±1.1% / ±7,574.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

96.1% ±5.3% (48,228  ±3,352.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 91.1% 432,887 (±2.2% / ±10,193.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
71.8% ±4.7% (36,019  ±2,836.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 47.8% 227,067 (±1.4% / ±6,582.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

33% ±3.3% (23,383  ±2,349) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 20.1% 142,753
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

2.3% ±1.2% (1,280  ±642) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 4.6% 24,415 (±0.4% / ±2,263)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
1,280 Total veterans ±642 889 Male ±452 391 Female ±493

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