Lake Zurich vs Libertyville

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Zurich and Libertyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Libertyville has the higher population (20,493 vs 19,727 in Lake Zurich). Libertyville has the higher median household income ($162,270 vs $139,959 in Lake Zurich). Libertyville has the higher median home value ($499,300 vs $418,300 in Lake Zurich).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
Population	19,727	20,493
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$139,959	$162,270
Median home value	$418,300	$499,300
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,537
Housing units	7,621	7,774
Homeownership rate	80.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
Population	19,915 → 19,727 (-0.9%)	20,382 → 20,493 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$119,349 → $139,959 (+17.3%)	$134,110 → $162,270 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$337,300 → $418,300 (+24.0%)	$447,900 → $499,300 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,562 → $1,782 (+14.1%)	$1,313 → $1,537 (+17.1%)

Lake Zurich

Population

19,91519,727

Median household income

$119,349$139,959

Median home value

$337,300$418,300

Median gross rent

$1,562$1,782

Libertyville

Population

20,38220,493

Median household income

$134,110$162,270

Median home value

$447,900$499,300

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.8%
75 and over	4.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	9.3%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	12.2%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
Drove alone	73.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.5%
Public transit	2.7%	3.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.5%	25.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
1-unit, detached	77.2%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Zurich	Libertyville
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1984	1976