Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety93#220/3,096
Economy87#394/3,143
Housing17#2,613/3,140
Health99#21/3,144
Healthcare93#233/3,143
Environment31#2,140/3,108
Education79#666/3,144
Infrastructure94#195/3,144
Community65#1,097/3,144
Leisure & amenities77#736/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lake County, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Suicide rate · low7.2 /100k
99/100Illinois 11.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Average weekly wage · high$1,783
99/100Illinois $1,539United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frequent mental distress · low14.7%
98/100Illinois 18.7%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · high119 /100k
97/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · low56 /100k
97/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · high98.2%
97/100Illinois 90.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.26%
0/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
High ozone days · high8 days
2/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high202 min
9/100Illinois 170 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.480
12/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
15/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Days with unhealthy air · high1.3%
19/100Illinois 4.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
73% (2021) → 12% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−61 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
4.4 /100k (2021) → 2.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
18.0 /100k (2021) → 9.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
1.3 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+43%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
23.2% (Dec 2021) → 31.2% (Aug 2026)
+8.1 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
18.1% (2020 & 2021) → 25.4% (2023 & 2024)
+7.3 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lake County, Illinois improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Commute−1.9 min30.4 min → 28.5 min
Unemployment−3.2 points7.9% → 4.7%
Overdose deaths−35%14.7 /100k → 9.6 /100k
Students / teacher−0.8×13.6× → 12.8×
Violent crime−11%133 /100k → 118 /100k

Declined3

Transit use−1.7 points4.4% → 2.7%
Traffic deaths+17%6.1 /100k → 7.2 /100k
Price / income+0.2×3.0× → 3.1×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Lake County, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.9 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+6.5%	Within the margin of error	53%
Average commute time	30.4 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Improved	88%
Average weekly wage	$1,5732020	$1,7832025	+13%	Improved	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%2015-2019	47.7%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	44%
Broadband subscriptions	89.8%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	8%
Child poverty rate	10.3%2019	9.5%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	24 mi2020	24 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	14.7 /100k2020	9.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−35%	Improved	58%
Effective property tax rate	2.43%2015-2019	2.26%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	7.0 /100k2020	5.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	85%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−7.8%	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Declined	75%
Homicide rate	3.5 /100k2020	2.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−40%	Within the margin of error	64%
Income adjusted for local prices	$76,6162019	$99,9532024	+30%	Improved	42%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.4802020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$92,6382019	$108,1372024	+17%	Improved	13%
New business applications	10.4 /1k2020	13.7 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−8.4%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	7.2%2019	7.8%2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Property crime rate	1,060 /100k2020	747 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	39%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−3%	Within the margin of error	36%
Public transit commuters	4.4%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Declined	10%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	47.8%2015-2019	49.3%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Restaurants and bars	8.2 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+5.6%	Within the margin of error	65%
Students per teacher	13.6×2019	12.8×2024	−0.8×	Improved	55%
Suicide rate	9.7 /100k2020	7.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	89%
Traffic deaths	6.1 /100k2015-2019	7.2 /100k2020-2024	+17%	Declined	35%
Unemployment rate	7.9%2020	4.7%2025	−3.2 points	Improved	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2019	7.5%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Violent crime rate	133 /100k2020	118 /100k2025	−11%	Improved	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Lake County, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lake County, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lake County, Illinois itself moved +0.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

714,223 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

258,455 households (±1,007)

Lake County, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k9.7%25,034
$25k–50k12%31,070
$50k–75k12%31,403

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

258,455 households (±1,007)

Lake County, Illinois
Illinois share

Own75%193,403
Rent25%65,052

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

360,949 workers (±2,626)

Lake County, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone66%237,282
Carpool8.5%30,514
Public transit2.7%9,748

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Lake County has 20,076 employer establishments, 281 for every 10,000 residents (1.13× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Illinois's), with 337,069 paid employees at an average annual pay of $92,708. The Census Bureau also counts 65,725 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,076; 65,725 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 281; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 337,069
Average annual pay: $92,708; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lake County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,762	24.7	1.18×About typical	14,590	$77,394	2,982
Specialty trade contractors	1,285	18	1.16×About typical	9,755	$92,020	3,265
Restaurants and other eating places	1,273	17.8	0.97×About typical	21,863	$24,885	212
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,004	14.1	2.09×More than typical	10,835	$49,556	2,742
Lessors of real estate	811	11.4	0.92×About typical	2,892	$76,077	6,595
Management, scientific and technical consulting	714	10	1.49×More than typical	9,537	$119,895	3,308
Landscaping services	706	9.9	2.82×More than typical	4,022	$84,735	778
Truck transportation	673	9.4	1.86×More than typical	1,999	$57,838	2,737
Construction of buildings	659	9.2	1.22×About typical	2,123	$76,280	2,045
Computer systems design and related services	583	8.2	1.89×More than typical	6,950	$103,702	972
Offices of other health practitioners	579	8.1	1.34×More than typical	2,381	$49,600	1,449
Limited-service restaurants	574	8	1.00×About typical	10,558	$21,454	77

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 713,653 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1B on contracts performed in Lake County, Illinois: $1,593 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.1B; −22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,593; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Acquisition Service$329.1M29%
Defense Logistics Agency$285.9M25%
Department of Veterans Affairs$176.5M15%
Department of the Navy$137.6M12%
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$68.8M6.0%
Department of the Air Force$59.3M5.2%
Department of the Army$34.8M3.0%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$14.3M1.2%

Top recipients

W.W. GRAINGER, INC.$330M29%
CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC$269M23%
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, INC.$106.7M9.3%
ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.$60.7M5.3%
KAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.$57M5.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5BFY2017
1.5BFY2018
1.8BFY2019
2.5BFY2020
2.7BFY2021
2.5BFY2022
1.6BFY2023
1.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Building material and supplies dealers · 4441$328.6M29%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$268.4M23%
Special food services · 7223$106.7M9.3%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$88.2M7.7%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$58.6M5.1%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254

Largest awards

FOOD SERVICE LABOR$841.4M
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, INC.· Lake County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Sep 25, 2018 – Jun 8, 2026· N0018918CZ053
MICROSOFT ELA$340.2M
CDW GOVERNMENT LLC· Lake County, IL· IT & telecom· Mar 1, 2019 – May 13, 2026· 19AQMM19F0913
ICATT$290.9M
WALGREEN CO.· Lake County, IL· Health & medical· Jun 14, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· 75D30122C13958
BULK PHARMA - GROUP B (ASSET MGMT) ACYCLOVIR SODIUM SOLUTION, DOXYCYCLINE INJ., MEROPENEM, SODIUM CHLORIDE, STERILE WATER$111.7M

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lake County, Illinois: $5,123 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.7B; −2.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,123; US $12,955
Loan face value: $185.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.7B73%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$260.6M7.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$199.5M5.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$196M5.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$66.5M1.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$60.6M1.6%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$40.5M1.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$17.5M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF LAKE, IL$50.4M1.4%
GRAYSLAKE, IL
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$37.2M1.0%
SPRINGFIELD, IL
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY$12.5M0.3%
GRAYSLAKE, IL
WAUKEGAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$11.9M0.3%
WAUKEGAN, IL
ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$3.2B86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$303.9M8.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$66M1.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$41M1.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

3.2BFY2021
3.1BFY2022
3.2BFY2023
3.4BFY2024
3.8BFY2025
3.7BFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lake County, Illinois compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lake County, Illinois
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2017	$2,162	$1,436
FY2018	$2,166	$1,552
FY2019	$2,566	$1,654
FY2020	$3,478	$1,880
FY2021	$3,739	$1,810
FY2022	$3,450	$1,917
FY2023	$2,274	$2,079
FY2024	$2,082	$2,047
FY2025	$2,046	$2,165
FY2026	$1,593 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2017	$68.23	$93.28
FY2018	$115	$105
FY2019	$84.68	$128
FY2020	$76.49	$145
FY2021	$87.21	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$3,950	$5,748
FY2022	$3,600	$5,221
FY2023	$2,428	$5,364
FY2024	$2,263	$5,501
FY2025	$2,195	$5,732
FY2026	$1,691

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$54.21	$298
FY2022	$90.65	$357
FY2023	$68.17	$301
FY2024	$106	$319
FY2025	$62.70	$360
FY2026	$51.77

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$155	$239
FY2022	$140	$185
FY2023	$166	$229
FY2024	$166	$229
FY2025	$162	$249
FY2026	$151

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$34.19	$2,304
FY2022	$13.17	$2,197
FY2023	$17.39	$2,274
FY2024	$22.80	$2,267
FY2025	$16.93	$2,397
FY2026	$20.72

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$1,306	$1,186
FY2022	$485	$465
FY2023	$99.60	$76.52
FY2024	$151	$120
FY2025	$128	$148
FY2026	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Lake County, Illinois
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lake County, Illinois and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	1.2%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/17097

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lake County, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Metro area

The metro or micro area Lake County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66Central county

Cities and towns in Lake County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lake County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
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Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	−4.3%	−4.2%
2015	+2.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+6.6%	+6.8%
2019	+7.5%	+10.5%
2020	+15.6%	+19.4%
2021	+22.3%	+26.1%
2022	+26.0%	+30.6%
2023	+28.0%	+35.0%
2024	+28.7%	+41.0%
2025	+31.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	−5.4%	−5.5%
2015	−0.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+4.1%
2018	+8.0%	+8.9%
2019	+9.9%	+13.5%
2020	+13.5%	+20.8%
2021	+25.5%	+32.1%
2022	+30.5%	+35.4%
2023	+39.3%	+42.9%
2024	+44.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	1.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	−6.4%	−6.9%
2015	−1.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.7%
2018	+4.8%	+7.5%
2019	+11.2%	+14.0%
2020	+20.4%	+16.9%
2021	+15.1%	+21.0%
2022	+21.9%	+29.7%
2023	+30.0%	+34.9%
2024	+29.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	−6.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+4.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+10.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+23.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+33.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+42.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+60.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	6.4%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	5.2%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	4.6%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	7.9%	8.1%
2021	5.4%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	5.1%	3.6%
2024	5.1%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	9.5%	15.5%
2015	9.0%	14.7%
2016	8.7%	14.0%
2017	7.7%	13.4%
2018	8.0%	13.1%
2019	7.2%	12.3%
2020	7.0%	11.9%
2021	8.5%	12.8%
2022	8.2%	12.6%
2023	8.2%	12.5%
2024	7.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2015	−0.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+14.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+36.7% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+44.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+52.9% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+61.9% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	9.9%	13.5%
2015	8.1%	10.9%
2016	7.2%	10.0%
2017	7.1%	10.2%
2018	7.4%	10.4%
2019	8.2%	10.8%
2020	7.2%	10.4%
2021	7.8%	10.2%
2022	7.4%	9.5%
2023	6.9%	9.5%
2024	7.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lake County, Illinois	United States
2014	7.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.7/1k	16.6/1k

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