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Waukegan, IL

92,114 Population
24.3 square miles 3,797 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,620 ±$2,922 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,948 ±$510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,302 ±$7,273 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,770 ±$879
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±3.5% (13,963  ±3,232) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,026,828 (±0.3% / ±23,643)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,063,450  ±48,863) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • a little less than 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

33,222 ±2,364 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,690,402 ±9,692
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.2 (90,264  ±4,141) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,254,461 (±0 / ±1,750)
  • 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

6.8% ±4.3% (1,636  ±1,061) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.6% 104,224 (±0.3% / ±6,102)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,440 ±2,392 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,924,020 ±943
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$219,700 ±$13,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $339,700 ±$1,930
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.1% ±2.5% (7,268  ±2,312.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.2% 945,818 (±0.3% / ±31,727.7)
  • 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

72.3% ±6.5% (43,367  ±4,542.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 90% 5,903,400 (±0.7% / ±42,582.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
18.4% ±3.2% (11,051  ±2,019.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 43.1% 2,825,577 (±0.4% / ±27,146)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about half 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% ±3.8% (24,898  ±3,676) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 19.4% 1,825,700 (±0.3% / ±28,683)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.4% (2,282  ±959) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.6% 266,098 (±0.1% / ±7,628)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,282 Total veterans ±959 2,096 Male ±873 186 Female ±199

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