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Census Tract 8656, Lake, IL

3,525 Population
1.3 square miles 2,678.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±8.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Highland Park: 45 ±2.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$142,835 ±$33,123 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Highland Park: $98,275 ±$7,233
  • more than double the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
$246,250 ±$91,661 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Highland Park: $168,094 † ±$17,851
  • more than double the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747

4.4% ±3.5% (155  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Highland Park: 4.2% † 1,258 (±1.2% / ±366)
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)

26.4 minutes ±16.2 (32,545  ±12,694) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Highland Park: 27.5 296,520 (±1.3 / ±24,901)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)

Families

1,326 ±282 Number of households
  • Highland Park: 11,787 ±400
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
2.7 ±0.7 (3,525  ±588) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Highland Park: 2.6 30,083 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)

3.6% ±3.9% (19  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Highland Park: 7.8% † 428 (±4.5% / ±249)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)

Housing

1,403 ±274 Number of housing units
  • Highland Park: 12,488 ±439
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167

$881,900 ±$45,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Highland Park: $607,300 ±$40,019
  • more than double the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502

11.5% ±4.8% (404  ±180) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Highland Park: 12.5% † 3,750 (±2.7% / ±805.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)

Social

98.4% ±29% (2,408  ±460.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Highland Park: 97.2% 20,848 (±3.9% / ±1,016.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
88.2% ±27.1% (2,158  ±451.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Highland Park: 76.9% 16,488 (±3.8% / ±929.6)
  • nearly double 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

8.8% ±3.5% (309  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Highland Park: 10.5% † 3,200 (±1.6% / ±490)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715

4.8% ±1.9% (122  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Highland Park: 3.1% † 722 (±0.6% / ±144)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
122 Total veterans ±56 112 Male ±54 10 Female ±14

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