Grayslake vs Lake Zurich

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

Grayslake and Lake Zurich 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 19,727 in Lake Zurich). Lake Zurich has the higher median household income ($139,959 vs $113,697 in Grayslake). Lake Zurich has the higher median home value ($418,300 vs $293,900 in Grayslake).

Population, income & housing

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
Population	20,707	19,727
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,697	$139,959
Median home value	$293,900	$418,300
Median gross rent	$1,434	$1,782
Housing units	8,268	7,621
Homeownership rate	76.3%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	61.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
Population	20,720 → 20,707 (-0.1%)	19,915 → 19,727 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$97,265 → $113,697 (+16.9%)	$119,349 → $139,959 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$235,400 → $293,900 (+24.9%)	$337,300 → $418,300 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,434 (+23.6%)	$1,562 → $1,782 (+14.1%)

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

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)

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	82.9%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	11.2%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
Drove alone	70.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.8%
Public transit	2.2%	2.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	18.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
1-unit, detached	56.7%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	21.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	7.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Grayslake	Lake Zurich
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1994	1984