Beach Park Middle School, 2022
Beach Park’s story
Beach Park in pictures
Census counts: 9,513 in 1990, 14,249 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2022 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
Explore the history →Population
14,114
2025 Census estimate · −1% since 2020
Typical home
$307K
+5.9% in a year
Household income
$86K
median
Median age
43.7
years
Jobs based here
930
A commuter town
TownGrade
C
#606 of 767 in IL
Is Beach Park a good place to live?
Beach Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 606th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $86K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 89% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $307K, 3.4 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Only 15 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Beach Park’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Illinois’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). On civic life, just 15 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse.
What makes Beach Park stand out
Where Beach Park beats most towns.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Beach Park for work
Where Beach Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
930jobs based in Beach Park
2%of working residents work in town
12 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Beach Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Beach Park is from typical.
Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listAOpen →SchoolsDOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 8.6 of 20; 2.9% of households have no carA−Open →Cost of livingC+Open →Jobs & incomeBOpen →HealthMidwestern Region Medical Center 2.5 miles awayB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors6% conserved landAOpen →History1 notable person born hereC−Open →Civic life0.8 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsD−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Housing market41 days on market–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 43.7; 19% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 184 attractions →Six Flags Great America and 69 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beach Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
30 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
38 mi TheatreSteppenwolf Theatre Company
27 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
40 mi LandmarkChicago Water TowerSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steppenwolf Theatre Company: victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Chicago Water Tower: Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Beach Park: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beach Park, and how to reach them.
PowerCommonwealth Edison17.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterBeach ParkNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpFridayTown’s haulerTown site
SchoolsZion-Benton Township High School District 126Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3Waukegan Community Unit School District 603 districts serve Beach Park; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereLake County ClerkLake County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2024
ZIP codes60087, 60099, 6008360087 42% · 60099 35% · 60083 23%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Beach Park.
Beach Park carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and sends most of its workers to Waukegan and beyond.
OutdoorsA
Beach Park has set aside 6.4% of its land for conservation
7.5 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Lyons Woods Forest Preserve, at 30 acres.
#96for trails in IL
6.4%
conserved · 286 of 4,497 acres
7.5 mi
of trails · 1.1 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Founders Park | 0.5 mi | 15 |
| 2. Lyons Woods Forest Preserve | — | 30 |
| 3. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A
The FEMA risk score in Beach Park is lower than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $265 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Beach Park’s FEMA risk score is 10 of 100, against 50 of 100 in Illinois’ towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. Since 2004, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Beach Park.
10risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
14
paid flood claims since 2004
7
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B
Most working residents commute out of Beach Park
Beach Park has 930 jobs for its 5,856 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Beach Park for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Beach Park grew to 930 in 2023, 114 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Beach Park is 28 minutes.
2%work in town
| Beach Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 10% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
In Beach Park2%
Waukegan16%
Chicago7%
Gurnee6%
North Chicago4%
12 mi
median commute distance
930
jobs based in Beach Park
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
A−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Beach Park stands out in Illinois and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
Beach Park’s July high is 82°F. Beach Park has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
43″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter19–33°
Spring37–56°
Summer60–80°
Fall43–61°
Oct 21
typical first frost
Apr 30
typical last frost
+1.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
HousingCost of living grade C+
For cost of living, Beach Park earns a C+
87% of Beach Park households own their home. Typical home values rose 5.9% in the year to September 2026.
$307KZillow home value
| Beach Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,254 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Beach Park$307K
Illinois$296K
Market temperature
41
days on market
100.8%
sale-to-list price
+5.9%
value change, 1 year
10
homes sold in May
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
HealthB−
Residents of Beach Park are less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Beach Park beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 15% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Beach Park.
49%healthier than U.S. townsB−Health Grade
| Beach Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
32 measures vs. Illinois
1 better23 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | Beach Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.9% | 17.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.6% | 9.9% |
Midwestern Region Medical Center
2.5 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
36th
percentile among IL towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Beach Park
19pages on Beach Park
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Beach Park
College of Lake CountyCommunity college · Public · Grayslake9.3 mi$4,788 in-state tuitionRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · North Chicago9.9 miUniversity of Wisconsin-ParksideUniversity or college · Public · Kenosha, WI14.2 mi$8,270 in-state tuition
About 6 of every 100 Beach Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Beach Park
Village in Illinois, United States
Beach Park is a village in Benton and Waukegan townships of Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,249.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 7.1 sq mi
Beach Park’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Beach Park.
WaukeganBenton TownshipZionZion TownshipWadsworthWaukegan TownshipWarren TownshipNewport TownshipBeach Park
How the neighbors grade
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Park | #606 | C | C+ | — | D | B− |
| Waukegan · Waukegan Township | #639 | C− | C+ | C | C | C |
| Benton Township | #643 | C− | C | — | C− | C+ |
| Zion · Zion Township | #698 | D | C+ | C | D | C |
| Wadsworth | #499 | B− | C | — | C | A |
| Warren Township | #362 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A |
| Newport Township | #443 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
Beach Park, Benton Township, Wadsworth, Warren Township and Newport Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Zion Township and Zion are one community, graded once. Waukegan Township and Waukegan are one community, graded once. Compare Beach Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Beach Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beach Park, IL a good place to live?
Beach Park grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #606 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Beach Park, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.