Antioch vs Wauconda

A side-by-side comparison of Antioch and Wauconda: population, income, housing, and more.

Antioch and Wauconda are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Antioch has the higher population (14,751 vs 14,010 in Wauconda). Antioch has the higher median household income ($118,635 vs $112,438 in Wauconda). Antioch has the higher median home value ($299,700 vs $268,300 in Wauconda).

Population, income & housing

	Antioch	Wauconda
Population	14,751	14,010
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,635	$112,438
Median home value	$299,700	$268,300
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,304
Housing units	5,435	5,361
Homeownership rate	75.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antioch	Wauconda
Population	14,246 → 14,751 (+3.5%)	13,655 → 14,010 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$96,069 → $118,635 (+23.5%)	$81,313 → $112,438 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $299,700 (+35.5%)	$226,600 → $268,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,118 (+11.5%)	$1,166 → $1,304 (+11.8%)

Antioch

Population

14,24614,751

Median household income

$96,069$118,635

Median home value

$221,100$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,118

Wauconda

Population

13,65514,010

Median household income

$81,313$112,438

Median home value

$226,600$268,300

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antioch	Wauconda
Under 5	4.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.6%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.0%
75 and over	3.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antioch	Wauconda
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	72.3%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antioch	Wauconda
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	18.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antioch	Wauconda
Drove alone	72.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.1%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	14.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antioch	Wauconda
1-unit, detached	74.0%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	4.2%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Antioch	Wauconda
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1993	1990