Buffalo Grove vs Gurnee

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo Grove and Gurnee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buffalo Grove has the higher population (42,824 vs 30,486 in Gurnee). Buffalo Grove has the higher median household income ($129,820 vs $121,410 in Gurnee). Buffalo Grove has the higher median home value ($392,900 vs $331,100 in Gurnee).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
Population	42,824	30,486
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$129,820	$121,410
Median home value	$392,900	$331,100
Median gross rent	$2,042	$1,594
Housing units	16,567	12,055
Homeownership rate	81.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
Population	41,062 → 42,824 (+4.3%)	30,671 → 30,486 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$115,951 → $129,820 (+12.0%)	$96,104 → $121,410 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $392,900 (+18.2%)	$259,500 → $331,100 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,042 (+24.3%)	$1,210 → $1,594 (+31.7%)

Buffalo Grove

Population

41,06242,824

Median household income

$115,951$129,820

Median home value

$332,300$392,900

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,042

Gurnee

Population

30,67130,486

Median household income

$96,104$121,410

Median home value

$259,500$331,100

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
Under 5	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.7%
75 and over	5.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	60.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	28.2%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	10.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
Drove alone	62.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.8%
Public transit	3.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	17.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
1-unit, detached	53.9%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	14.3%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Grove	Gurnee
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1982	1992