Census Reporter

Waukegan, IL

87,157 Population
24.2 square miles 3,597.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$24,827 ±$983 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $39,625 ±$177
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $37,306 ±$155
$53,778 ±$2,393 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $74,621 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $68,428 ±$267

15.5% ±2% (13,227  ±1,716) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.3% 1,052,416 (±0.2% / ±15,120)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 12% 1,488,670 (±0.2% / ±18,242)

27.2 minutes ±0.8 (1,078,770  ±49,660) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31.8 136,327,670 (±0.1 / ±668,391)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 29 164,929,595 (±0.1 / ±812,306)

Families

29,822 ±759 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,548,735 ±5,885
  • Illinois: 4,884,061 ±8,585
2.9 ±0.1 (84,875  ±734) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,317,981
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,419,358

5.3% ±1.3% (1,167  ±294) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 116,191 (±0.1% / ±2,678)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 154,995 (±0.1% / ±2,932)

Housing

31,789 ±798 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,856,019 ±936
  • Illinois: 5,373,385 ±564

$140,300 ±$3,715 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $247,400 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $202,100 ±$886

18.1% ±2.1% (15,634  ±1,848) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 12.2% 1,140,470 (±0.2% / ±14,069.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,566,568 (±0.1% / ±15,162.6)

Social

77.5% ±2.6% (41,696  ±1,629.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.2% 5,761,244 (±0.3% / ±18,786.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 89.7% 7,788,362 (±0.3% / ±21,479.5)
19.9% ±1.6% (10,685  ±864) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 39% 2,521,242 (±0.2% / ±11,972.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 35.5% 3,085,274 (±0.2% / ±13,375)

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

29.3% ±1.6% (25,512  ±1,396) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.6% 1,665,672 (±0.1% / ±10,702)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,773,067 (±0.1% / ±11,518)

5.1% ±0.7% (3,231  ±469) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.6% 334,804 (±0.1% / ±4,260)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5.6% 553,593 (±0.1% / ±4,742)
3,231 Total veterans ±469 2,802 Male ±423 429 Female ±212

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