Gurnee vs Mundelein

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

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

Mundelein has the higher population (31,632 vs 30,486 in Gurnee). Gurnee has the higher median household income ($121,410 vs $107,608 in Mundelein). Gurnee has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $285,600 in Mundelein).

Population, income & housing

	Gurnee	Mundelein
Population	30,486	31,632
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$121,410	$107,608
Median home value	$331,100	$285,600
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,564
Housing units	12,055	11,892
Homeownership rate	74.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurnee	Mundelein
Population	30,671 → 30,486 (-0.6%)	31,587 → 31,632 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$96,104 → $121,410 (+26.3%)	$93,027 → $107,608 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$259,500 → $331,100 (+27.6%)	$237,500 → $285,600 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,594 (+31.7%)	$1,418 → $1,564 (+10.3%)

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

Mundelein

Population

31,58731,632

Median household income

$93,027$107,608

Median home value

$237,500$285,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurnee	Mundelein
Under 5	3.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.5%
75 and over	4.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurnee	Mundelein
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	49.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	12.6%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurnee	Mundelein
No high school diploma	4.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	13.8%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurnee	Mundelein
Drove alone	72.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.0%
Public transit	1.1%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	16.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurnee	Mundelein
1-unit, detached	60.1%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gurnee	Mundelein
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1992	1984