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Census Tract 8621, Lake, IL

5,106 Population
0.5 square miles 9,456.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Waukegan: 35.5 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,150 ±$5,353 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waukegan: $33,249 ±$1,375
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
$69,713 ±$16,687 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Waukegan: $71,919 ±$3,861
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747

7.8% ±4.2% (394  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Waukegan: 15.3% † 13,385 (±1.9% / ±1,621)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)

27.7 minutes ±4.6 (71,255  ±17,840) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Waukegan: 26.1 1,063,450 (±0.8 / ±48,863)
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)

Families

1,874 ±200 Number of households
  • Waukegan: 32,042 ±851
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
2.7 ±0.3 (5,082  ±784) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Waukegan: 2.7 87,175 (±0.1 / ±432)
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)

2.2% ±2.6% (30  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Waukegan: 4.2% † 913 (±1.3% / ±291)
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)

Housing

2,022 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Waukegan: 33,229 ±800
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167

$183,900 ±$18,107 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Waukegan: $190,900 ±$5,356
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502

15.5% ±7.6% (785  ±402.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Waukegan: 12.6% † 11,102 (±2% / ±1,783.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)

Social

73% ±8.3% (2,567  ±457.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Waukegan: 75.3% 44,449 (±2.7% / ±1,837.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
16.1% ±4.9% (564  ±189.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Waukegan: 20.9% 12,362 (±1.7% / ±1,047.3)
  • about one-third 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

36.9% ±7% (1,882  ±459) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waukegan: 31% 27,572 (±2% / ±1,753)
  • nearly double the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715

2.5% ±1.6% (100  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waukegan: 3.9% † 2,645 (±0.8% / ±548)
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
100 Total veterans ±65 89 Male ±59 11 Female ±17

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