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Waukegan township, Lake County, IL

89,654 Population
21.2 square miles 4,231.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 39.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,214 ±$2,640 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $57,921 ±$1,768
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,388 ±$5,590 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $107,758 ±$4,010
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.6% ±3.4% (15,470  ±2,980) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 7.8% † 54,536 (±0.9% / ±6,333)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26 minutes ±0.9 (1,017,295  ±50,552) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,040 ±2,198 Number of households
  • Lake County: 261,032 ±2,376
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.2 (87,804  ±91) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.7 698,296 (±0 / ±234)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.6% ±4.3% (1,533  ±1,028) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 5.4% † 8,737 (±1.2% / ±1,964)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,630 ±2,299 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 271,862 ±97
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$206,800 ±$12,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $368,400 ±$8,333
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.1% ±2.4% (7,122  ±2,092.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 9.1% 64,813 (±0.9% / ±6,283.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

69.3% ±6.8% (40,519  ±4,339.7) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 90.5% 437,189 (±2.2% / ±10,682.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
13.3% ±2.8% (7,799  ±1,683.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake County: 49.1% 237,196 (±1.4% / ±6,997.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

27.3% ±3.9% (24,482  ±3,455) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 142,301
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.4% ±1.3% (2,378  ±880) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 3.8% 20,925 (±0.4% / ±2,092)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,378 Total veterans ±880 2,353 Male ±871 25 Female ±44

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