Round Lake Beach vs Vernon Hills

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

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

Round Lake Beach has the higher population (27,081 vs 26,772 in Vernon Hills). Vernon Hills has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $86,632 in Round Lake Beach). Vernon Hills has the higher median home value ($384,800 vs $191,200 in Round Lake Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
Population	27,081	26,772
Median age	34.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,632	$120,625
Median home value	$191,200	$384,800
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,855
Housing units	8,996	11,325
Homeownership rate	79.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
Population	27,507 → 27,081 (-1.5%)	26,343 → 26,772 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$70,474 → $86,632 (+22.9%)	$104,199 → $120,625 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $191,200 (+33.8%)	$348,900 → $384,800 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,382 (+3.6%)	$1,609 → $1,855 (+15.3%)

Round Lake Beach

Population

27,50727,081

Median household income

$70,474$86,632

Median home value

$142,900$191,200

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,382

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)

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.7%
75 and over	3.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	35.5%	57.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
No high school diploma	23.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
Drove alone	75.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.8%
Public transit	3.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.8%	26.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
1-unit, detached	76.1%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Round Lake Beach	Vernon Hills
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.6%
Average household size	3.15	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1987	1990