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Round Lake Park is a big small town of 7,919 people in Lake County, Illinois. It's about 20 miles from Kenosha, WI and 40 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 42 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $165k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,919people
$165kTypical home
$1,402/moRent
83° / 30°Summer / winter
42"Snow
224Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,919
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,831 people per sq mi
- 40 mi to Chicago, IL
- 20 mi to Kenosha, WI
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $165k (≈$1,040/mo)
- Median rent $1,402/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 5.4% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 30°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- 42" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 30 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (64 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (167 per 100k)
People
- Median age 50
- 22% of households have kids
- 34% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to ORD airport
- 27 mi to ORD (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 781 ft
- 624 mi to the ocean
- 13 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 148 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,704 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 277 bars within 25 mi
- 441 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 67 museums within 25 mi
- 17 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: D+21 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk