Round Lake ParkIL
A town of 7,844.
Is Round Lake Park a good place to live?
Round Lake Park gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $230K, 2.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 215th of 767 in Illinois. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 93% of U.S. towns. Round Lake Park is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 85% of U.S. towns. Round Lake Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 357 Illinois towns we compare have a lower property crime rate than Round Lake Park.
What makes Round Lake Park stand out
Where Round Lake Park beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Round Lake Park for work
Where Round Lake Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Round Lake Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Round Lake Park is from typical.
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Wrigley Field and 108 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Round Lake Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw8 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw40 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a year
23 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store MuseumPhoto credits
Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Round Lake Park: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Round Lake Park, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Round Lake Park.
Round Lake Park pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Illinois norm, reports less crime than Round Lake or any other graded neighbor and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Round Lake Park’s grade for safety is an A
Its A tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Round Lake (A−) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 42 to 6 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Round Lake Park’s violent crime rate is 0.5 per 1,000 residents, against 1 in Illinois’ towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A smaller share of working residents in Round Lake Park work locally than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Round Lake Park has 483 jobs for its 3,193 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 933 in 2013 to 483.
0.4% of Round Lake Park working residents work locally, where Illinois’ towns sit at 8.4% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Round Lake Park fell to 483 in 2023, 450 fewer than in 2013. Round Lake Park’s average trip to work is 33 minutes.
| Round Lake Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Round Lake Park’s grade for cost of living is a B
Round Lake Park grades A− overall with a typical home of about $230K, below the Illinois typical value; only 48 of the 183 Illinois towns graded A− or better can say that. Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Round Lake Beach is next at $259K.
87% of households own their home in Round Lake Park. Typical home values rose 6.5% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Round Lake Park is $1,402 a month.
| Round Lake Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,402 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Round Lake Park
Round Lake Park has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 15° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Round Lake Park, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Round Lake Park since 2005.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Round Lake Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bengson Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Kingsburg Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Round Lake Park stands out in Illinois and nationally, with more of its adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance
Against the 7,679 U.S. towns with household incomes like Round Lake Park’s, it is healthier than 80%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among 767 Illinois towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Round Lake Park. 13% of Round Lake Park adults binge drink. Round Lake Park beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| Round Lake Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Round Lake Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.5% | 17.8% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.7% | 75.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 20.4% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Round Lake Park
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Round Lake Park
About 7 of every 100 Round Lake Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Round Lake Park
Village in Illinois, United States
Round Lake Park is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,680. It is located along the south side of the lake, Round Lake.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
Round Lake Park’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Round Lake Park.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Park | #215 | A− | B | A | B | B− |
| Grayslake | #52 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Round Lake | #366 | B | C− | A− | B− | A− |
| Hainesville | #174 | A− | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Round Lake Beach | #505 | B− | C | B+ | B− | C+ |
Hainesville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Round Lake Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Round Lake Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Round Lake Park, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Round Lake Park grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #215 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B for schools.
Is Round Lake 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 B.