Venetian VillageIL
A town in Illinois, home to 2,334 people.
Is Venetian Village a good place to live?
The best of Venetian Village’s subject grades are an A− for health and the outdoors; the weakest is a C for cost of living. Venetian Village’s median rent is $1,711 a month, where Illinois’ towns sit at $1,129 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Venetian Village's schools rank ahead of 72% of Illinois towns. 32% of the land in Venetian Village is conserved, above both Illinois’ towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Duck Farm Forest Preserve, at 343 acres. Venetian Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Venetian Village stand out
Where Venetian Village beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Venetian Village | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 15.9% |
99% of working residents leave Venetian Village for work
Where Venetian Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Venetian Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Venetian Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Six Flags Great America and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Venetian Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
29 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
26 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
40 mi TheatreSteppenwolf Theatre Company
39 mi Park & preserveLincoln ParkPhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Steppenwolf Theatre Company: victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Park: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Venetian Village: who provides what
Venetian Village is unincorporated, so Lake County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Venetian Village.
Venetian Village ranks healthier than four in five of the country’s towns
For adults in Venetian Village, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 33%. In Venetian Village, 11% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 30% feel lonely.
| Venetian Village | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Venetian Village | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up nearly a third of Venetian Village
Parks and preserves in Venetian Village: 3, covering 476 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Duck Farm Forest Preserve | — | 343 |
| 2. Fourth Lake Forest Preserve | — | 132 |
| 3. Lake Miltmore Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, fewer of Venetian Village’s working residents work locally
In Venetian Village, the average trip to work is 30 minutes. The town had 51 jobs in 2023, down 45 from 2013. Among residents here, 4.2% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Gurnee (6%) and Waukegan (5%).
| Venetian Village | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Venetian Village brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Venetian Village’s midsummer high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Venetian Village, mostly inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Venetian Village sits below 62% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Venetian Village break down as 53% from inland flooding and 20% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Venetian Village sells for about $300K
In Venetian Village, 84% of households live in a home they own.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Venetian Village
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Venetian Village
About 4 of every 100 Venetian Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Venetian Village
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
Venetian Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,761.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 778 ft
- Area code
- 847
Venetian Village’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Venetian Village.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venetian Village | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Lindenhurst | #143 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Round Lake Beach | #505 | B− | C | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Lake Villa | #151 | A | C+ | A− | B+ | A− |
Venetian Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Venetian Village reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Venetian Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Venetian Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Venetian Village, IL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $231,000, 22% below the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.