Gurnee vs Round Lake Beach

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

Gurnee and Round Lake Beach 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 27,081 in Round Lake Beach). Gurnee has the higher median household income ($121,410 vs $86,632 in Round Lake Beach). Gurnee has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $191,200 in Round Lake Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
Population	30,486	27,081
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,410	$86,632
Median home value	$331,100	$191,200
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,382
Housing units	12,055	8,996
Homeownership rate	74.4%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
Population	30,671 → 30,486 (-0.6%)	27,507 → 27,081 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$96,104 → $121,410 (+26.3%)	$70,474 → $86,632 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$259,500 → $331,100 (+27.6%)	$142,900 → $191,200 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,594 (+31.7%)	$1,334 → $1,382 (+3.6%)

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

Round Lake Beach

Population

27,50727,081

Median household income

$70,474$86,632

Median home value

$142,900$191,200

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
Under 5	3.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.8%
75 and over	4.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	35.5%
Black or African American	7.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	12.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	54.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
No high school diploma	4.7%	23.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
Drove alone	72.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	14.1%
Public transit	1.1%	3.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
1-unit, detached	60.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	11.8%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Gurnee	Round Lake Beach
Poverty rate	5.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.60	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1992	1987