Lake Bluff vs Volo

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Bluff and Volo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Volo has the higher population (6,398 vs 5,834 in Lake Bluff). Lake Bluff has the higher median household income ($205,735 vs $145,906 in Volo). Lake Bluff has the higher median home value ($739,400 vs $293,800 in Volo).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Bluff	Volo
Population	5,834	6,398
Median age	44.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$205,735	$145,906
Median home value	$739,400	$293,800
Median gross rent	$1,826	$2,229
Housing units	2,301	2,267
Homeownership rate	91.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.8%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Bluff	Volo
Population	5,632 → 5,834 (+3.6%)	5,229 → 6,398 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$164,421 → $205,735 (+25.1%)	$92,500 → $145,906 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$642,700 → $739,400 (+15.0%)	$207,200 → $293,800 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,146 → $1,826 (-14.9%)	$1,600 → $2,229 (+39.3%)

Lake Bluff

Population

5,6325,834

Median household income

$164,421$205,735

Median home value

$642,700$739,400

Median gross rent

$2,146$1,826

Volo

Population

5,2296,398

Median household income

$92,500$145,906

Median home value

$207,200$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,600$2,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Bluff	Volo
Under 5	7.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	4.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.2%
75 and over	8.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Bluff	Volo
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Bluff	Volo
No high school diploma	0.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	8.1%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Bluff	Volo
Drove alone	51.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.1%
Public transit	6.2%	1.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	19.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Bluff	Volo
1-unit, detached	92.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	40.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Bluff	Volo
Poverty rate	2.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1977	2009