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. Only 5 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Venetian Village. 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.
How Venetian Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Venetian Village is from typical.
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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% |
100% of working residents leave Venetian Village for work
Where Venetian Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
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 | Typical Illinois town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Between them, the parks and preserves give Venetian Village 476 acres of open land.
| 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
Most of Venetian Village’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles. Venetian Village had 45 jobs in 2024, down 48 from 2014. The average trip to work for Venetian Village is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Gurnee (5%) and Grayslake (4%).
| Venetian Village | Typical Illinois town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · 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. Its median rent works out to $1,711 a month.
| Venetian Village | Typical Illinois town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Venetian Village
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.
6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
29 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
40 mi TheatreSteppenwolf Theatre Company
26 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
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 · Steppenwolf Theatre Company: victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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.
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.
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