What is the population of Vernon Hills village?

Vernon Hills village has 26,772 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Vernon Hills village?

Median household income in Vernon Hills village is $120,625 a year, 53.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Vernon Hills village?

Median gross rent is $1,855 a month and the median home value is $384,800, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Vernon Hills village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Vernon Hills village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Vernon Hills, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Vernon Hills, Illinois (Vernon Hills, IL — Census place “Vernon Hills village”) is 26,772 residents, ranking #80 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $120,625, the median home is worth $384,800 and median gross rent runs $1,855 a month. Looking for the Vernon Hills Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Vernon Hills, IL: 60061.

Population: 26,772Vernon Hills village residents
Median household income: $120,625Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $384,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,855Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.3%Owner-occupied households

Vernon Hills ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Vernon Hills.

The Vernon Hills IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

60061

What the numbers mean in Vernon Hills village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Vernon Hills village median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.6% of residents and 66.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Vernon Hills village, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Vernon Hills village is a small city in Illinois, with 26,772 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #80 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Vernon Hills village earn a median of $120,625 a year, 53.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 62% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Vernon Hills village is valued at $384,800, 26.8% above the national figure and 115% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,855 a month, 31.9% above the national figure, or roughly $22,260 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Vernon Hills village?: Vernon Hills village has 26,772 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Vernon Hills village?: Median household income in Vernon Hills village is $120,625 a year, 53.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Vernon Hills village?: Median gross rent is $1,855 a month and the median home value is $384,800, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Vernon Hills village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Vernon Hills village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Vernon Hills village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.