Gurnee vs Highland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Gurnee and Highland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gurnee has the higher population (30,486 vs 30,229 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($161,875 vs $121,410 in Gurnee). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $331,100 in Gurnee).

Population, income & housing

	Gurnee	Highland Park
Population	30,486	30,229
Median age	40.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$121,410	$161,875
Median home value	$331,100	$594,400
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,903
Housing units	12,055	12,372
Homeownership rate	74.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurnee	Highland Park
Population	30,671 → 30,486 (-0.6%)	29,628 → 30,229 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$96,104 → $121,410 (+26.3%)	$150,269 → $161,875 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$259,500 → $331,100 (+27.6%)	$584,500 → $594,400 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,594 (+31.7%)	$1,754 → $1,903 (+8.5%)

Gurnee

Population

30,67130,486

Median household income

$96,104$121,410

Median home value

$259,500$331,100

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,594

Highland Park

Population

29,62830,229

Median household income

$150,269$161,875

Median home value

$584,500$594,400

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurnee	Highland Park
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.0%
75 and over	4.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurnee	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	79.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurnee	Highland Park
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	13.8%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	37.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurnee	Highland Park
Drove alone	72.2%	62.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.7%
Public transit	1.1%	6.3%
Walked	0.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.8%	25.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurnee	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	60.1%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	11.8%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gurnee	Highland Park
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1992	1962