Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0Round Lake Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Round Lake Beach report 3,445 jobs; 11,583 of its residents have a job. Round Lake Beach grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Round Lake Beach in brief
Round Lake Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Round Lake Beach is Chicago, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (1,178) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Round Lake Beach
62% of Round Lake Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Round Lake Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Round Lake Beach is a place people come home to
There are 3,445 jobs based in Round Lake Beach, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Round Lake Beach has about 19,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Round Lake Beach are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Round Lake Beach’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Round Lake Beach’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Round Lake Beach is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #517 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Round Lake Beach’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Round Lake Beach could be anywhere from C to B.
How far Round Lake Beach’s workers travel
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.
What Round Lake Beach’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Lake Beach, 2014 → 2024: 3,089 → 3,445. 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 Round Lake Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Round Lake Beach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 11,090 residents head out to work, 493 work right here, and 2,952 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Round Lake Beach on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Round Lake Beach 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.
The daily trip from Round Lake Beach: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Lake Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,465 commuters (the 8% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Round Lake Beach
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Round Lake Beach is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #247 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% 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 13,530 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 3.7% of Round Lake Beach households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Round Lake Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Round Lake Beach places 1,050th of 1,477 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,048 | Liberty Triangle FL | 24,888 | $65K | 8.6% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,049 | South Holland IL | 20,749 | $85K | 14.4% | 11.5% | 7% | B− |
| 1,050 | Round Lake Beach IL | 26,902 | $86K | 14.8% | 7.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,051 | Yarmouth MA | 25,225 | $86K | 9.5% | 6.1% | 19% | B− |
| 1,052 | Warrensburg MO | 20,283 | $57K | 16.2% | 6.0% | 34% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Round Lake Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Round Lake Beach
The biggest share goes to Grayslake (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Lake Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Beach | – | B− | A− | 30 min | $86,059 |
| Long Lake | under 2% | B | A− | 33 min | $104,621 |
| Grayslake | 3% | A− | A− | 27 min | $113,972 |
| Venetian Village | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $79,273 |
| Lake Villa | under 2% | A | B | 34 min | $118,750 |
| Round Lake Heights | under 2% | B | B | 34 min | $78,986 |
| Round Lake | under 2% | B+ | B | 31 min | $111,977 |
| Avon Township | under 2% | B | A− | 30 min | $97,925 |
| Lake Villa Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,947 |
| Round Lake Park | under 2% | C+ | A | 33 min | $55,813 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Round Lake Beach’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 Round Lake Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Round Lake Beach?
$86,059 (±$12,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Lake Beach?
14.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Lake Beach?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Lake Beach work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 43 mi), Waukegan (4%, 11 mi), Libertyville (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Round Lake Beach walkable?
Round Lake Beach is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Round Lake Beach without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Round Lake Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Lake Beach
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.