Deerfield vs Libertyville

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

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

Libertyville has the higher population (20,493 vs 19,185 in Deerfield). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($189,705 vs $162,270 in Libertyville). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($608,600 vs $499,300 in Libertyville).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Libertyville
Population	19,185	20,493
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$189,705	$162,270
Median home value	$608,600	$499,300
Median gross rent	$2,345	$1,537
Housing units	7,705	7,774
Homeownership rate	83.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Libertyville
Population	19,006 → 19,185 (+0.9%)	20,382 → 20,493 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$153,431 → $189,705 (+23.6%)	$134,110 → $162,270 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$518,500 → $608,600 (+17.4%)	$447,900 → $499,300 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,875 → $2,345 (+25.1%)	$1,313 → $1,537 (+17.1%)

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

Libertyville

Population

20,38220,493

Median household income

$134,110$162,270

Median home value

$447,900$499,300

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Libertyville
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.8%
75 and over	8.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Libertyville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Libertyville
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	3.8%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Libertyville
Drove alone	62.4%	64.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.5%
Public transit	7.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.2%	25.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Libertyville
1-unit, detached	76.8%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	7.2%
20 or more units	13.7%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Libertyville
Poverty rate	2.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1969	1976