Libertyville vs Round Lake

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

Libertyville and Round Lake 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 18,588 in Round Lake). Libertyville has the higher median household income ($162,270 vs $108,965 in Round Lake). Libertyville has the higher median home value ($499,300 vs $257,400 in Round Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Libertyville	Round Lake
Population	20,493	18,588
Median age	41.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$162,270	$108,965
Median home value	$499,300	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,537	$1,494
Housing units	7,774	6,569
Homeownership rate	80.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Libertyville	Round Lake
Population	20,382 → 20,493 (+0.5%)	18,349 → 18,588 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$134,110 → $162,270 (+21.0%)	$82,521 → $108,965 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$447,900 → $499,300 (+11.5%)	$197,800 → $257,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,537 (+17.1%)	$1,274 → $1,494 (+17.3%)

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

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)

	Libertyville	Round Lake
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.5%
75 and over	7.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Libertyville	Round Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	46.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	5.9%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Libertyville	Round Lake
No high school diploma	2.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	8.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Libertyville	Round Lake
Drove alone	64.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.0%
Public transit	3.1%	1.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Libertyville	Round Lake
1-unit, detached	67.2%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	26.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	9.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Libertyville	Round Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1976	2003