Deerfield vs Round Lake

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

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

Deerfield has the higher population (19,185 vs 18,588 in Round Lake). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($189,705 vs $108,965 in Round Lake). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($608,600 vs $257,400 in Round Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Round Lake
Population	19,185	18,588
Median age	44.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$189,705	$108,965
Median home value	$608,600	$257,400
Median gross rent	$2,345	$1,494
Housing units	7,705	6,569
Homeownership rate	83.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Round Lake
Population	19,006 → 19,185 (+0.9%)	18,349 → 18,588 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$153,431 → $189,705 (+23.6%)	$82,521 → $108,965 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$518,500 → $608,600 (+17.4%)	$197,800 → $257,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,875 → $2,345 (+25.1%)	$1,274 → $1,494 (+17.3%)

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

Round Lake

Population

18,34918,588

Median household income

$82,521$108,965

Median home value

$197,800$257,400

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Round Lake
Under 5	4.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.5%
75 and over	8.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Round Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	46.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.8%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Round Lake
No high school diploma	1.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	3.8%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Round Lake
Drove alone	62.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.0%
Public transit	7.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	15.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Round Lake
1-unit, detached	76.8%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	26.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	13.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Round Lake
Poverty rate	2.5%	9.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1969	2003