Buffalo Grove vs Mundelein

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

Buffalo Grove and Mundelein 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 31,632 in Mundelein). Buffalo Grove has the higher median household income ($129,820 vs $107,608 in Mundelein). Buffalo Grove has the higher median home value ($392,900 vs $285,600 in Mundelein).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
Population	42,824	31,632
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$129,820	$107,608
Median home value	$392,900	$285,600
Median gross rent	$2,042	$1,564
Housing units	16,567	11,892
Homeownership rate	81.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
Population	41,062 → 42,824 (+4.3%)	31,587 → 31,632 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$115,951 → $129,820 (+12.0%)	$93,027 → $107,608 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $392,900 (+18.2%)	$237,500 → $285,600 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,042 (+24.3%)	$1,418 → $1,564 (+10.3%)

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

Mundelein

Population

31,58731,632

Median household income

$93,027$107,608

Median home value

$237,500$285,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.5%
75 and over	5.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	49.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	28.2%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	10.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
Drove alone	62.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.0%
Public transit	3.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	16.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
1-unit, detached	53.9%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	11.0%
20 or more units	14.3%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Grove	Mundelein
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1982	1984