Lake Villa has higher household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
3.2% of residents live below the poverty line; Illinois has 11.8%. The two grades for Lake Villa are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% work in Lake Villa itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (10%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Villa: the figures worth knowing
Lake Villa’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lake Villa is Chicago, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (408) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lake Villa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Lake Villa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Villa is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #173 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Lake Villa’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Villa could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Miles to work from Lake Villa
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Lake Villa: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Villa workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,561 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Lake Villa: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,931 residents head out to work, 133 work right here, and 2,695 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Lake Villa on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Lake Villa to work: where people go
Where Lake Villa clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
66% of the jobs in Lake Villa pay over $3,333 a month
2,828 jobs are based in Lake Villa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Villa, 2014 → 2024: 2,969 → 2,828. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Villa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Lake Villa commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Villa is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #508 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,435 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Lake Villa households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lake Villa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Villa is 612th of 2,893 U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 610 | Dighton MA | 8,348 | $137K | 2.9% | 5.3% | 7% | A |
| 611 | Lutherville MD | 6,574 | $114K | 4.2% | 5.3% | 2% | A |
| 612 | Lake Villa IL | 8,692 | $119K | 3.2% | 4.9% | 3% | A |
| 613 | Ridgefield NJ | 11,547 | $118K | 5.1% | 5.6% | 7% | A |
| 614 | Atkinson NH | 7,397 | $146K | 1.8% | 5.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,893 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Villa, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Lake Villa
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Villa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Villa | – | A | B | 34 min | $118,750 |
| Venetian Village | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $79,273 |
| Round Lake Beach | under 2% | B− | A− | 30 min | $86,059 |
| Lindenhurst | under 2% | A− | C+ | 34 min | $131,474 |
| Fox Lake Hills | under 2% | A− | D | 34 min | $111,964 |
| Lake Villa Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,947 |
| Round Lake Heights | under 2% | B | B | 34 min | $78,986 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Villa’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lake Villa: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Villa?
$118,750 (±$14,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Villa?
3.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Villa?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Villa work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 45 mi), Waukegan (4%, 11 mi), Gurnee (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Villa walkable?
Lake Villa is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Villa without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Villa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Villa
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.