Mundelein vs Vernon Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Mundelein and Vernon Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Mundelein and Vernon Hills are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mundelein has the higher population (31,632 vs 26,772 in Vernon Hills). Vernon Hills has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $107,608 in Mundelein). Vernon Hills has the higher median home value ($384,800 vs $285,600 in Mundelein).

Population, income & housing

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
Population	31,632	26,772
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,608	$120,625
Median home value	$285,600	$384,800
Median gross rent	$1,564	$1,855
Housing units	11,892	11,325
Homeownership rate	71.3%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
Population	31,587 → 31,632 (+0.1%)	26,343 → 26,772 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$93,027 → $107,608 (+15.7%)	$104,199 → $120,625 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $285,600 (+20.3%)	$348,900 → $384,800 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,564 (+10.3%)	$1,609 → $1,855 (+15.3%)

Mundelein

Population

31,58731,632

Median household income

$93,027$107,608

Median home value

$237,500$285,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,564

Vernon Hills

Population

26,34326,772

Median household income

$104,199$120,625

Median home value

$348,900$384,800

Median gross rent

$1,609$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	57.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
Drove alone	75.9%	63.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.8%
Public transit	1.6%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.0%	26.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
1-unit, detached	65.8%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	8.6%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mundelein	Vernon Hills
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1984	1990