Round Lake Park vs Winthrop Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Round Lake Park and Winthrop Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Round Lake Park has the higher population (7,833 vs 6,663 in Winthrop Harbor). Winthrop Harbor has the higher median household income ($94,221 vs $57,486 in Round Lake Park). Winthrop Harbor has the higher median home value ($238,800 vs $157,900 in Round Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
Population	7,833	6,663
Median age	46.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,486	$94,221
Median home value	$157,900	$238,800
Median gross rent	$1,320	$1,262
Housing units	3,351	2,943
Homeownership rate	86.5%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
Population	7,817 → 7,833 (+0.2%)	6,721 → 6,663 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$47,179 → $57,486 (+21.8%)	$88,673 → $94,221 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $157,900 (+29.5%)	$196,300 → $238,800 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,198 → $1,320 (+10.2%)	$1,069 → $1,262 (+18.1%)

Round Lake Park

Population

7,8177,833

Median household income

$47,179$57,486

Median home value

$121,900$157,900

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,320

Winthrop Harbor

Population

6,7216,663

Median household income

$88,673$94,221

Median home value

$196,300$238,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
Under 5	4.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	25.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.9%
75 and over	18.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	80.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	44.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
No high school diploma	20.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
Drove alone	77.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.9%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
1-unit, detached	69.4%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Round Lake Park	Winthrop Harbor
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1995	1978