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Waukegan, IL

89,097 Population
24.2 square miles 3,679 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,962 ±$3,167 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$72,841 ±$9,968 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

13.3% ±4.3% (11,633  ±3,767) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11% 1,001,327 (±0.3% / ±31,097)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

26.4 minutes ±0.8 (1,076,690  ±47,490) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

31,784 ±2,253 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.8 ±0.2 (87,437  ±4,429) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

2.4% ±2.2% (525  ±482) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

32,877 ±2,256 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$203,200 ±$14,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

12.8% ±4.8% (11,339  ±4,325.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

72% ±6.3% (43,650  ±4,473.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
20.6% ±3.7% (12,499  ±2,337.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

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

33.2% ±4.2% (29,568  ±4,042) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

2.9% ±1.2% (1,974  ±825) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
1,974 Total veterans ±825 1,682 Male ±790 292 Female ±293

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