Deerfield vs Lake Zurich

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

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

Lake Zurich has the higher population (19,727 vs 19,185 in Deerfield). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($189,705 vs $139,959 in Lake Zurich). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($608,600 vs $418,300 in Lake Zurich).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
Population	19,185	19,727
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$189,705	$139,959
Median home value	$608,600	$418,300
Median gross rent	$2,345	$1,782
Housing units	7,705	7,621
Homeownership rate	83.3%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	61.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
Population	19,006 → 19,185 (+0.9%)	19,915 → 19,727 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$153,431 → $189,705 (+23.6%)	$119,349 → $139,959 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$518,500 → $608,600 (+17.4%)	$337,300 → $418,300 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,875 → $2,345 (+25.1%)	$1,562 → $1,782 (+14.1%)

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

Lake Zurich

Population

19,91519,727

Median household income

$119,349$139,959

Median home value

$337,300$418,300

Median gross rent

$1,562$1,782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.8%
75 and over	8.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	3.8%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
Drove alone	62.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.8%
Public transit	7.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	18.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
1-unit, detached	76.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	13.7%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Lake Zurich
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1969	1984