Lake Forest vs Round Lake

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

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

Lake Forest has the higher population (19,190 vs 18,588 in Round Lake). Lake Forest has the higher median household income ($228,120 vs $108,965 in Round Lake). Lake Forest has the higher median home value ($909,800 vs $257,400 in Round Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
Population	19,190	18,588
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$228,120	$108,965
Median home value	$909,800	$257,400
Median gross rent	$2,120	$1,494
Housing units	7,303	6,569
Homeownership rate	89.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.8%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
Population	19,173 → 19,190 (+0.1%)	18,349 → 18,588 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$172,165 → $228,120 (+32.5%)	$82,521 → $108,965 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$842,900 → $909,800 (+7.9%)	$197,800 → $257,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,831 → $2,120 (+15.8%)	$1,274 → $1,494 (+17.3%)

Lake Forest

Population

19,17319,190

Median household income

$172,165$228,120

Median home value

$842,900$909,800

Median gross rent

$1,831$2,120

Round Lake

Population

18,34918,588

Median household income

$82,521$108,965

Median home value

$197,800$257,400

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
Under 5	4.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	18.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.5%
75 and over	13.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	46.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	6.1%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
No high school diploma	0.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	4.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	43.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
Drove alone	48.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	12.0%
Public transit	13.1%	1.5%
Walked	5.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.8%	15.3%
Other means	3.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
1-unit, detached	76.4%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	26.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	7.1%
20 or more units	11.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Forest	Round Lake
Poverty rate	4.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1977	2003