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Lake County

County in Illinois. 714,223 residents. 1,149 km² of land (444 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$1,477USD per month, ± $29

Illinois $1,274, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$1,121 ± $85
1 bedroom$1,186 ± $46
2 bedrooms$1,457 ± $33
3 bedrooms$1,797 ± $49
4 bedrooms$2,143 ± $107
5 or more bedrooms$1,926 ± $303

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$345,700USD, ± $3,502

Illinois $263,300, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$444,784
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$460,194
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$292,668
Mobile homes$77,556

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$43.78$1,751$7,588USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

Illinois $37.15$1,486$6,439, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $32.58$1,303$5,6462024: $43.78$1,751$7,588

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

329,354jobs

2014: 330,1112024: 329,354

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Manufacturing$69.58$2,783$12,06052,776794
Retail trade$26.65$1,066$4,61936,4242,098
Health care and social assistance$31.08$1,243$5,38632,5072,301
Accommodation and food services$14.43$577$2,50025,0691,629
Administrative and support and waste management services$33.95$1,358$5,88523,8651,480
Wholesale trade$66.53$2,661$11,53122,9201,099
Professional, scientific, and technical services$54.30$2,172$9,41218,9152,817
Finance and insurance$62.73$2,509$10,87214,0991,097
Construction$43.28$1,731$7,50112,7761,998
Management of companies and enterprises$79.08$3,163$13,70611,045137
Other services (except public administration)$29.35$1,174$5,0879,2311,748
Transportation and warehousing$24.70$988$4,2818,521882
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$40.38$1,615$6,9987,252421
Educational services$22.43$897$3,8876,122340
Real estate and rental and leasing$49.35$1,974$8,5543,345895
Information$52.98$2,119$9,1822,194277
Utilities$75.85$3,034$13,1471,69321
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting$23.93$957$4,14743128
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction$48.70$1,948$8,4411024

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

20,076establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

28.1per 1,000 residents

Illinois 25.4, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See Illinois

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See Illinois

People

Population

714,223people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

621.5people per km²

Illinois 88.3, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

31.4%% of people aged 5 and over

Illinois 24.0%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only68.6%463,738 ± 3,120
Spanish19.0%128,317 ± 2,304
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages3.1%20,709 ± 1,577
Other Indo-European languages3.0%20,322 ± 1,528
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages1.9%12,830 ± 1,262
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)1.1%7,641 ± 800
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1.1%7,288 ± 991
Korean0.7%4,607 ± 632
German or other West Germanic languages0.5%3,121 ± 750
French, Haitian or Cajun0.4%2,894 ± 765
Other and unspecified languages0.4%2,519 ± 534
Arabic0.2%1,482 ± 488
Vietnamese0.1%788 ± 243

2020–2024. Of 676,256 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.