Unemployment in Round Lake Park (8.6%) is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. For jobs and income Round Lake Park is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A). Measured by household income, Round Lake Park is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Round Lake Park apart on work
Round Lake Park makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Round Lake Park are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Round Lake Park residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Round Lake Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Round Lake Park is Chicago, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (354) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The jobs in Round Lake Park pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Round Lake Park pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 64% of the jobs Round Lake Park residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Round Lake Park. The jobs ↓
Round Lake Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Round Lake Park
Job access by car holds Round Lake Park’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Round Lake Park could be anywhere from C− to A.
Round Lake Park works in goods: 72% of its jobs
1,032 jobs are based in Round Lake Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Lake Park, 2014 → 2024: 773 → 1,032. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Round Lake Park
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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Lake Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,610 commuters (the 11% 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.
In and out of Round Lake Park on a workday
On a workday 3,174 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 998 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Round Lake Park on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.32 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.
11% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Round Lake Park clocks in
11% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Round Lake Park
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.2% 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 2,930 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% 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 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 11.1% of Round Lake Park households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Round Lake Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Round Lake Park is 2,019th among 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,017 | Pembroke Park FL | 6,425 | $53K | 26.8% | 3.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,018 | LaFayette GA | 7,157 | $46K | 14.3% | 0.6% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,019 | Round Lake Park IL | 7,844 | $56K | 8.7% | 8.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,020 | Estherville IA | 5,807 | $54K | 12.6% | 1.1% | 33% | C+ |
| 2,021 | East End AR | 6,912 | $88K | 14.5% | 9.2% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | 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 Round Lake Park, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Round Lake Park compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Grayslake (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Lake Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Park | – | C+ | A | 33 min | $55,813 |
| Grayslake | 3% | A− | A− | 27 min | $113,972 |
| Round Lake | 2% | B+ | B | 31 min | $111,977 |
| Hainesville | under 2% | B+ | A | 33 min | $129,911 |
| Round Lake Beach | under 2% | B− | A− | 30 min | $86,059 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Round Lake Park’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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Round Lake Park?
$55,813 (±$10,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Lake Park?
8.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Lake Park?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Lake Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (11%, 40 mi), Libertyville (4%, 7 mi), Mundelein (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Round Lake Park walkable?
Round Lake Park is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Round Lake Park without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Round Lake Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Lake Park
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.