Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0Round Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 2,612 jobs in Round Lake; 8,303 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Round Lake are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Round Lake is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Round Lake, in brief
Round Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Round Lake is Chicago, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (898) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Round Lake makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Round Lake are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Round Lake residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Round Lake pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Round Lake pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Round Lake empties out on a workday
About 13,000 people are in Round Lake on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 19,000 who live here: 8,100 head out to work and 2,400 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Round Lake’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Round Lake is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #346 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Round Lake’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Round Lake could be anywhere from B− to A.
How far Round Lake’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Round Lake makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,224 → 2,612. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Round Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Round Lake quiets down on a workday
On a workday 8,101 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 2,410 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Round Lake on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Round Lake 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.
From Round Lake, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,111 commuters (the 18% 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.
Driving is how Round Lake gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Round Lake is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #443 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Round Lake near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,865 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 13% 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 1.6% of Round Lake households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Round Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
873rd of 1,915: where Round Lake ranks among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 8 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 11 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 13 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 871 | Monroe WA | 20,025 | $110K | 7.3% | 5.7% | 11% | B+ |
| 872 | Richland Township PA | 14,311 | $99K | 5.0% | 7.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 873 | Round Lake IL | 18,526 | $112K | 9.0% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 874 | Fairview Park OH | 16,748 | $79K | 9.4% | 4.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 875 | El Sobrante CA | 16,294 | $115K | 11.4% | 5.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Round Lake
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake | – | B+ | B | 31 min | $111,977 |
| Round Lake Park | under 3% | C+ | A | 33 min | $55,813 |
| Round Lake Beach | under 3% | B− | A− | 30 min | $86,059 |
| Volo | under 3% | A+ | B− | 32 min | $160,792 |
| Long Lake | under 3% | B | A− | 33 min | $104,621 |
| Grant Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
| Wauconda Township | under 3% | A | B | 31 min | $112,337 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Round Lake’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 2023, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Round Lake?
$111,977 (±$8,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Lake?
9.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Lake?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (11%, 41 mi), Mundelein (4%, 6 mi), Libertyville (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Round Lake walkable?
Round Lake is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Round Lake without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Round Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.