Mundelein vs Waukegan

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

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

Waukegan has the higher population (88,919 vs 31,632 in Mundelein). Mundelein has the higher median household income ($107,608 vs $70,578 in Waukegan). Mundelein has the higher median home value ($285,600 vs $177,600 in Waukegan).

Population, income & housing

	Mundelein	Waukegan
Population	31,632	88,919
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,608	$70,578
Median home value	$285,600	$177,600
Median gross rent	$1,564	$1,163
Housing units	11,892	32,842
Homeownership rate	71.3%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mundelein	Waukegan
Population	31,587 → 31,632 (+0.1%)	87,297 → 88,919 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$93,027 → $107,608 (+15.7%)	$49,803 → $70,578 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $285,600 (+20.3%)	$132,200 → $177,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,564 (+10.3%)	$960 → $1,163 (+21.1%)

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

Waukegan

Population

87,29788,919

Median household income

$49,803$70,578

Median home value

$132,200$177,600

Median gross rent

$960$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mundelein	Waukegan
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.6%
75 and over	5.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mundelein	Waukegan
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	18.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mundelein	Waukegan
No high school diploma	9.5%	23.5%
High school graduate	21.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mundelein	Waukegan
Drove alone	75.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	17.2%
Public transit	1.6%	2.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mundelein	Waukegan
1-unit, detached	65.8%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	8.6%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mundelein	Waukegan
Poverty rate	8.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1984	1967