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With 40,029 residents, this town was settled in 1886.
Lake Villa Township’s strongest subject is health: it is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns. Taken together, its subjects give Lake Villa Township a B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 334th of 767 in Illinois. Incomes are a strength too: the median household earns $120K. What counts against it is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $384K, 4.2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 18% of the land locally is conserved, where Illinois’ towns sit at 3.6% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Grant Woods Forest Preserve, at 677 acres with 2.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 38 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US · OpenStreetMap.
Where Lake Villa Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Lake Villa Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 15.9% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| B J Hooper Elem School | PK–5 | 545 |
| Oakland Elementary School | K–5 | 515 |
| Olive C Martin School | PK–5 | 511 |
18.1% of the town is conserved land, across 25 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lake Villa Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 342 in 1910, 8,741 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1920 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Villa Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw7 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
30 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
27 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
27 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
39 mi Park & preserveLincoln ParkWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lincoln Park: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Villa Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Villa Township.
Lake Villa Township sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has property taxes 1.6 times the Illinois norm.
There are 13 miles of trail across 25 parks and preserves. The density of trails for Lake Villa Township comes to 0.5 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 25, covering 3,120 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sun Lake Forest Preserve | 3.3 mi | 510 |
| 2. Grant Woods Forest Preserve | 2.2 mi | 677 |
| 3. Frank M Loffredo Park | 1 mi | 59 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Of its 11 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. Public schools: Lake Villa CCSD 41.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter J Palombi SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 844 | B− |
| Lakes Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,334 | A− |
| Millburn Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 388 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Against the 5,759 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Villa Township’s, it is healthier than 66%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Lake Villa Township: 31% of adults feel lonely. In Lake Villa Township, 11% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Lake Villa Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Lake Villa Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Villa Township has 5,060 jobs for its 18,809 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Employers in Lake Villa Township added 458 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 5,060. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 6% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: in Lake Villa Township, the mean commuting time is 34 minutes. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Waukegan (5%) and Gurnee (5%).
| Lake Villa Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $120,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $8,599, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 5.9%. Lake Villa Township’s midpoint rent comes in at $1,666 a month. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 85%.
| Lake Villa Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,666 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The range runs from 15° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 43 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Lake Villa Township, just over one in ten residents are 65 or older. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 40%, against 38% across Illinois. Its midpoint age stands at 37.5 years.
| Lake Villa Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.5 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.5, men 37.6.
| Lake Villa Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.9% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.3% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
One declared disaster, in 1999, has brought federal aid to Lake Villa Township households. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 59% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 33 claims in the town since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 57% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Villa Township
About 6 of every 100 Lake Villa Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Where Lake Villa Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Illinois, United States
Lake Villa is a village in Lake County, Illinois United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,741. Lake Villa lies within Lake Villa Township and about 50 miles north of Chicago and is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA).
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8 towns share a border with Lake Villa Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Villa Township | #334 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Antioch Township | #397 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Avon Township | #401 | B | C | — | B− | A− |
| Grayslake | #52 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Grant Township | #479 | B− | C | — | B− | B |
| Round Lake Beach | #505 | B− | C | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Lake Villa | #151 | A | C+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Grandwood Park | #316 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Lake Villa Township, Antioch Township, Avon Township, Grant Township and Grandwood Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lake Villa Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lake Villa Township grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #334 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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