Highland Park vs Round Lake Beach

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

Highland Park 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.

Highland Park has the higher population (30,229 vs 27,081 in Round Lake Beach). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($161,875 vs $86,632 in Round Lake Beach). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $191,200 in Round Lake Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
Population	30,229	27,081
Median age	46.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$161,875	$86,632
Median home value	$594,400	$191,200
Median gross rent	$1,903	$1,382
Housing units	12,372	8,996
Homeownership rate	83.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
Population	29,628 → 30,229 (+2.0%)	27,507 → 27,081 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$150,269 → $161,875 (+7.7%)	$70,474 → $86,632 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$584,500 → $594,400 (+1.7%)	$142,900 → $191,200 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,903 (+8.5%)	$1,334 → $1,382 (+3.6%)

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

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)

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
Under 5	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	5.8%
75 and over	10.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	35.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	54.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
No high school diploma	2.9%	23.0%
High school graduate	7.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
Drove alone	62.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	14.1%
Public transit	6.3%	3.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
1-unit, detached	74.6%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	11.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Round Lake Beach
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.54	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1962	1987