Round Lake is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 18,430 people and three associated neighborhoods, Round Lake is the 135th largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Round Lake was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Round Lake economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Round Lake, where the median household income is $108,965.00.Round Lake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Round Lake is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Round Lake who work in office and administrative support (12.70%), management occupations (10.50%), and sales jobs (8.21%). Also of interest is that Round Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Round Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.26 minutes every day commuting to work. Round Lake is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.53% of adults in Round Lake have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Round Lake in 2022 was $42,300, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,200 for a family of four. However, Round Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Round Lake is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Round Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Round Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Round Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.15% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Round Lake include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian. Round Lake also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.80%. The most common language spoken in Round Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
