Lake Forest, Illinois Demographics

Lake Forest is 34th out of 6,406 other cities in Income per capita

Lake Forest is 3rd in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Home median value

Lake Forest is 3rd in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Income per capita

Lake Forest is 9th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lake Forest is 10th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Income per household

Lake Forest is 15th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	19,349	126th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	17.2	30th	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,127.9	303rd	231.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	3.9%	328th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.9%	133rd	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.4%	68th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	97.4%	15th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	72.5%	9th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	92.1%	80th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	268th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	331st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.7%	91st	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	133rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	285th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	271st	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.2%	68th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	51.8%	136th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.5%	134th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	7,444	136th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.9%	277th	32.9%	25.9%
Households	6,712	136th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	90.4%	27th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$863,900	3rd	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.7	139th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$88,332	3rd	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$133,264	10th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	4.2%	285th	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lake Forest	Rank	Illinois	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,771	64th	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$183,935	176th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,899	230th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$57,302	77th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732