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Census Tract 8615.06, Lake, IL

5,666 Population
2.6 square miles 2,165.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Waukegan: 35.5 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$48,219 ±$6,901 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Waukegan: $33,249 ±$1,375
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
$85,647 ±$8,303 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waukegan: $71,919 ±$3,861
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747

16.6% ±7.7% (940  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waukegan: 15.3% † 13,385 (±1.9% / ±1,621)
  • about double the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)

25.8 minutes ±3.8 (74,075  ±19,319) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Waukegan: 26.1 1,063,450 (±0.8 / ±48,863)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)

Families

2,441 ±234 Number of households
  • Waukegan: 32,042 ±851
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
2.3 ±0.2 (5,666  ±748) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Waukegan: 2.7 87,175 (±0.1 / ±432)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,503 ±243 Number of housing units
  • Waukegan: 33,229 ±800
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167

$258,000 ±$53,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Waukegan: $190,900 ±$5,356
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502

21.1% ±12.6% (1,194  ±733.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Waukegan: 12.6% † 11,102 (±2% / ±1,783.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)

Social

93.8% ±8.1% (3,678  ±569.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Waukegan: 75.3% 44,449 (±2.7% / ±1,837.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
39.6% ±8.1% (1,554  ±375.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Waukegan: 20.9% 12,362 (±1.7% / ±1,047.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 47.7% 226,749 (±0.7% / ±3,086.5)

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

15.7% ±7.3% (890  ±427) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Waukegan: 31% 27,572 (±2% / ±1,753)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715

4% ±2.6% (172  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Waukegan: 3.9% † 2,645 (±0.8% / ±548)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
172 Total veterans ±115 132 Male ±91 40 Female ±49

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