Long Lake vs Round Lake Heights

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

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

Long Lake has the higher population (3,219 vs 2,585 in Round Lake Heights). Long Lake has the higher median household income ($100,824 vs $75,556 in Round Lake Heights). Round Lake Heights has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $185,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
Population	3,219	2,585
Median age	32.1 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,824	$75,556
Median home value	$185,400	$196,100
Median gross rent	$1,529	$1,435
Housing units	1,167	850
Homeownership rate	70.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
Population	3,557 → 3,219 (-9.5%)	3,179 → 2,585 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$87,895 → $100,824 (+14.7%)	$78,950 → $75,556 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $185,400 (+19.0%)	$168,500 → $196,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,529 (+26.4%)	$1,470 → $1,435 (-2.4%)

Long Lake

Population

3,5573,219

Median household income

$87,895$100,824

Median home value

$155,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,529

Round Lake Heights

Population

3,1792,585

Median household income

$78,950$75,556

Median home value

$168,500$196,100

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
Under 5	2.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	27.6%
18 to 24	17.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.7%
75 and over	3.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	36.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.1%	42.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
No high school diploma	27.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
Drove alone	71.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	20.1%	16.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	91.1%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Lake	Round Lake Heights
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.7%
Average household size	3.06	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	37	35
Median year structure built	1957	1978