The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area of northwest Chicago-area suburbs that are separated from Chicago's urban area, with Round Lake Beach as the principal city: the Round Lake Beach–McHenry–Grayslake, IL–WI urban area had a population of 261,835 as of the 2020 census, making it the 155th largest in the United States. The village, along with the rest of the Round Lake area, has a significant Mexican population with many Latino businesses, restaurants, and shops throughout the town. Round Lake Beach has the second highest Latino population in Lake County, after nearby Waukegan.[3]
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Round Lake Beach has a total area of 5.20 square miles (13.47km2), of which 5.04 square miles (13.05km2) (or 96.96%) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41km2) (or 3.04%) is water.[6]
As of the 2020 census[10] there were 27,252 people, 8,502 households, and 6,523 families residing in the village. The population density was 5,238.75 inhabitants per square mile (2,022.69/km2). There were 8,629 housing units at an average density of 1,658.79 per square mile (640.46/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 41.61% White, 4.80% African American, 2.11% Native American, 3.08% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 28.45% from other races, and 19.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 55.62% of the population.
There were 8,502 households, out of which 44.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.21% were married couples living together, 13.06% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.28% were non-families. 20.56% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.87% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.71 and the average family size was 3.20.
The village's age distribution consisted of 28.1% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $77,207, and the median income for a family was $90,392. Males had a median income of $41,846 versus $32,295 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,939. About 4.1% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.
Round Lake Beach village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Round Lake Beach has a station on Metra's North Central Service, which provides rail service between Antioch and Chicago Union Station Monday through Friday. The village of Round Lake Beach does approximately $3 to $4 million in infrastructure improvement per year using TIF and MFT funds.
Pace provides bus service on Route 570 connecting Round Lake Beach to Fox Lake, Grayslake, and other destinations.[12]
Notable person
Tim Unroe (1970― ), first baseman for various teams; born in Round Lake Beach
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