Illinois · Census place 1766040

Round Lake Beach, Illinois

Round Lake Beach is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 27,091 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
27,091
#77 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-116 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
5,365 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Round Lake Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Round Lake Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Round Lake Beach lost 116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +96. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 139th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Round Lake Beach is 1.8 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,262. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Round Lake Beach covers 5.05 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 5,365 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Round Lake Beach is denser than the typical town.

What county Round Lake Beach is in

All of Round Lake Beach's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Round Lake Beach holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Round Lake Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Round Lake Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60073. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Round Lake Beach is

The Census internal point of Round Lake Beach is at 42.382400, -88.080700. Springfield, the capital, is 197.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gurnee, IL (30,546 people), 7.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 26.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.382400, -88.080700
DMS
42°22'56.64"N 88°04'50.52"W
UTM
16N 411036.4E 4692800.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Round Lake Beach

At 42.38° N, Round Lake Beach gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Round Lake Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Round Lake Heights, 1.3 miles away, with 2,599 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Round Lake Beach, IL?

27,091 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 116 (0.4%) from 27,207 in July 2020.

What county is Round Lake Beach in?

Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Round Lake Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60073.

How far is Round Lake Beach from Springfield?

197.4 miles (317.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Round Lake Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Round Lake Beach?

Gurnee, IL, with 30,546 residents, 7.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.