Gurnee vs North Chicago

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

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

North Chicago has the higher population (30,772 vs 30,486 in Gurnee). Gurnee has the higher median household income ($121,410 vs $56,815 in North Chicago). Gurnee has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $147,800 in North Chicago).

Population, income & housing

	Gurnee	North Chicago
Population	30,486	30,772
Median age	40.4 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$121,410	$56,815
Median home value	$331,100	$147,800
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,392
Housing units	12,055	8,085
Homeownership rate	74.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurnee	North Chicago
Population	30,671 → 30,486 (-0.6%)	29,971 → 30,772 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$96,104 → $121,410 (+26.3%)	$43,094 → $56,815 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$259,500 → $331,100 (+27.6%)	$108,100 → $147,800 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,594 (+31.7%)	$1,193 → $1,392 (+16.7%)

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

North Chicago

Population

29,97130,772

Median household income

$43,094$56,815

Median home value

$108,100$147,800

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurnee	North Chicago
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	37.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	5.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.5%
75 and over	4.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurnee	North Chicago
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	28.5%
Black or African American	7.4%	23.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurnee	North Chicago
No high school diploma	4.7%	18.9%
High school graduate	13.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurnee	North Chicago
Drove alone	72.2%	45.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.7%
Public transit	1.1%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	21.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.8%	20.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurnee	North Chicago
1-unit, detached	60.1%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	18.9%
20 or more units	11.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gurnee	North Chicago
Poverty rate	5.5%	21.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1992	1972