Deerfield vs Grayslake

A side-by-side comparison of Deerfield and Grayslake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grayslake has the higher population (20,707 vs 19,185 in Deerfield). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($189,705 vs $113,697 in Grayslake). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($608,600 vs $293,900 in Grayslake).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Grayslake
Population	19,185	20,707
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$189,705	$113,697
Median home value	$608,600	$293,900
Median gross rent	$2,345	$1,434
Housing units	7,705	8,268
Homeownership rate	83.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Grayslake
Population	19,006 → 19,185 (+0.9%)	20,720 → 20,707 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$153,431 → $189,705 (+23.6%)	$97,265 → $113,697 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$518,500 → $608,600 (+17.4%)	$235,400 → $293,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,875 → $2,345 (+25.1%)	$1,160 → $1,434 (+23.6%)

Deerfield

Population

19,00619,185

Median household income

$153,431$189,705

Median home value

$518,500$608,600

Median gross rent

$1,875$2,345

Grayslake

Population

20,72020,707

Median household income

$97,265$113,697

Median home value

$235,400$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,434

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Grayslake
Under 5	4.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.6%
75 and over	8.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Grayslake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Grayslake
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	3.8%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Grayslake
Drove alone	62.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.6%
Public transit	7.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	17.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Grayslake
1-unit, detached	76.8%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	12.7%
20 or more units	13.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Grayslake
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1969	1994