Beach Park vs Wauconda

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

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

Wauconda has the higher population (14,010 vs 13,988 in Beach Park). Wauconda has the higher median household income ($112,438 vs $83,069 in Beach Park). Wauconda has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $223,600 in Beach Park).

Population, income & housing

	Beach Park	Wauconda
Population	13,988	14,010
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,069	$112,438
Median home value	$223,600	$268,300
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,304
Housing units	4,880	5,361
Homeownership rate	84.3%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach Park	Wauconda
Population	13,181 → 13,988 (+6.1%)	13,655 → 14,010 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$71,867 → $83,069 (+15.6%)	$81,313 → $112,438 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $223,600 (+48.2%)	$226,600 → $268,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,482 → $1,235 (-16.7%)	$1,166 → $1,304 (+11.8%)

Beach Park

Population

13,18113,988

Median household income

$71,867$83,069

Median home value

$150,900$223,600

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,235

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)

	Beach Park	Wauconda
Under 5	6.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.0%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach Park	Wauconda
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	72.3%
Black or African American	12.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.2%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach Park	Wauconda
No high school diploma	19.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach Park	Wauconda
Drove alone	77.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach Park	Wauconda
1-unit, detached	67.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Beach Park	Wauconda
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.93	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1987	1990