Lake Bluff vs Winthrop Harbor

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

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

Winthrop Harbor has the higher population (6,663 vs 5,834 in Lake Bluff). Lake Bluff has the higher median household income ($205,735 vs $94,221 in Winthrop Harbor). Lake Bluff has the higher median home value ($739,400 vs $238,800 in Winthrop Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
Population	5,834	6,663
Median age	44.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$205,735	$94,221
Median home value	$739,400	$238,800
Median gross rent	$1,826	$1,262
Housing units	2,301	2,943
Homeownership rate	91.5%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
Population	5,632 → 5,834 (+3.6%)	6,721 → 6,663 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$164,421 → $205,735 (+25.1%)	$88,673 → $94,221 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$642,700 → $739,400 (+15.0%)	$196,300 → $238,800 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,146 → $1,826 (-14.9%)	$1,069 → $1,262 (+18.1%)

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

Winthrop Harbor

Population

6,7216,663

Median household income

$88,673$94,221

Median home value

$196,300$238,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
Under 5	7.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	25.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.9%
75 and over	8.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	8.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
Drove alone	51.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.9%
Public transit	6.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	8.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
1-unit, detached	92.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Bluff	Winthrop Harbor
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1977	1978