Round Lake Beach vs Zion

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

Round Lake Beach and Zion 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 24,466 in Zion). Round Lake Beach has the higher median household income ($86,632 vs $62,574 in Zion). Round Lake Beach has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $179,100 in Zion).

Population, income & housing

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
Population	27,081	24,466
Median age	34.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,632	$62,574
Median home value	$191,200	$179,100
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,139
Housing units	8,996	9,689
Homeownership rate	79.0%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
Population	27,507 → 27,081 (-1.5%)	23,858 → 24,466 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$70,474 → $86,632 (+22.9%)	$51,702 → $62,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $191,200 (+33.8%)	$124,000 → $179,100 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,382 (+3.6%)	$1,013 → $1,139 (+12.4%)

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

Zion

Population

23,85824,466

Median household income

$51,702$62,574

Median home value

$124,000$179,100

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.3%
75 and over	3.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	35.5%	24.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	41.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
No high school diploma	23.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
Drove alone	75.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	12.9%
Public transit	3.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.7%
Other means	0.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
1-unit, detached	76.1%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	13.3%
20 or more units	4.1%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Round Lake Beach	Zion
Poverty rate	10.6%	16.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1987	1972