Lake Zurich vs Zion

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

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

Zion has the higher population (24,466 vs 19,727 in Lake Zurich). Lake Zurich has the higher median household income ($139,959 vs $62,574 in Zion). Lake Zurich has the higher median home value ($418,300 vs $179,100 in Zion).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Zurich	Zion
Population	19,727	24,466
Median age	41.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$139,959	$62,574
Median home value	$418,300	$179,100
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,139
Housing units	7,621	9,689
Homeownership rate	80.2%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Zurich	Zion
Population	19,915 → 19,727 (-0.9%)	23,858 → 24,466 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$119,349 → $139,959 (+17.3%)	$51,702 → $62,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$337,300 → $418,300 (+24.0%)	$124,000 → $179,100 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,562 → $1,782 (+14.1%)	$1,013 → $1,139 (+12.4%)

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

Zion

Population

23,85824,466

Median household income

$51,702$62,574

Median home value

$124,000$179,100

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Zurich	Zion
Under 5	5.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.3%
75 and over	4.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Zurich	Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	24.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	41.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Zurich	Zion
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.7%
High school graduate	12.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Zurich	Zion
Drove alone	73.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.9%
Public transit	2.7%	1.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Zurich	Zion
1-unit, detached	77.2%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	13.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Zurich	Zion
Poverty rate	2.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1984	1972