Volo vs Winthrop Harbor

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

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

Winthrop Harbor has the higher population (6,663 vs 6,398 in Volo). Volo has the higher median household income ($145,906 vs $94,221 in Winthrop Harbor). Volo has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $238,800 in Winthrop Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
Population	6,398	6,663
Median age	34.3 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$145,906	$94,221
Median home value	$293,800	$238,800
Median gross rent	$2,229	$1,262
Housing units	2,267	2,943
Homeownership rate	81.3%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
Population	5,229 → 6,398 (+22.4%)	6,721 → 6,663 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$92,500 → $145,906 (+57.7%)	$88,673 → $94,221 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$207,200 → $293,800 (+41.8%)	$196,300 → $238,800 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $2,229 (+39.3%)	$1,069 → $1,262 (+18.1%)

Volo

Population

5,2296,398

Median household income

$92,500$145,906

Median home value

$207,200$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,600$2,229

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)

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
Under 5	7.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	4.1%	25.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.9%
75 and over	3.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	80.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	14.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
Drove alone	76.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
1-unit, detached	57.8%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Volo	Winthrop Harbor
Poverty rate	1.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	2009	1978