Gurnee vs Vernon Hills

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

Gurnee and Vernon Hills 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 26,772 in Vernon Hills). Gurnee has the higher median household income ($121,410 vs $120,625 in Vernon Hills). Vernon Hills has the higher median home value ($384,800 vs $331,100 in Gurnee).

Population, income & housing

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
Population	30,486	26,772
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$121,410	$120,625
Median home value	$331,100	$384,800
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,855
Housing units	12,055	11,325
Homeownership rate	74.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
Population	30,671 → 30,486 (-0.6%)	26,343 → 26,772 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$96,104 → $121,410 (+26.3%)	$104,199 → $120,625 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$259,500 → $331,100 (+27.6%)	$348,900 → $384,800 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,594 (+31.7%)	$1,609 → $1,855 (+15.3%)

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

Vernon Hills

Population

26,34326,772

Median household income

$104,199$120,625

Median home value

$348,900$384,800

Median gross rent

$1,609$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
Under 5	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.7%
75 and over	4.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	57.6%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.8%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
Drove alone	72.2%	63.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.8%
Public transit	1.1%	2.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.8%	26.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
1-unit, detached	60.1%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	9.6%
20 or more units	11.8%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gurnee	Vernon Hills
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1992	1990