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Census Tract 8627, Lake, IL

4,485 Population
0.4 square miles 12,400.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Waukegan: 35.5 ±1.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,555 ±$4,937 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Waukegan: $33,249 ±$1,375
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
$56,955 ±$42,350 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Waukegan: $71,919 ±$3,861
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747

13.1% ±6.4% (589  ±308) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waukegan: 15.3% † 13,385 (±1.9% / ±1,621)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)

25.5 minutes ±4.9 (45,025  ±14,617) 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

1,239 ±177 Number of households
  • Waukegan: 32,042 ±851
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
3.6 ±0.4 (4,473  ±817) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Waukegan: 2.7 87,175 (±0.1 / ±432)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)

10.5% ±10.4% (139  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Waukegan: 4.2% † 913 (±1.3% / ±291)
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)

Housing

1,326 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Waukegan: 33,229 ±800
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167

$166,600 ±$18,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waukegan: $190,900 ±$5,356
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502

10.3% ±4.3% (455  ±206.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waukegan: 12.6% † 11,102 (±2% / ±1,783.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)

Social

63.7% ±10.9% (1,587  ±385.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waukegan: 75.3% 44,449 (±2.7% / ±1,837.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
10.6% ±5.7% (264  ±149.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Waukegan: 20.9% 12,362 (±1.7% / ±1,047.3)
  • about one-fifth 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

28.3% ±8.7% (1,270  ±452) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waukegan: 31% 27,572 (±2% / ±1,753)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715

4.5% ±2.3% (141  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waukegan: 3.9% † 2,645 (±0.8% / ±548)
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
141 Total veterans ±77 141 Male ±77 N/A Female ±13

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