Libertyville is a city of 20,525 people in Illinois. That is roughly 99% ahead of the Illinois median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 71% of adults have a four-year degree. Median household income runs $165,667, well clear of the $82,259 US median. That puts it in the top 1% of US cities for household income. Owners hold 80% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $165,667, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
71% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Libertyville
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$451,213 → $512,000(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree48.7% → 71.0%(+22.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Libertyville's population equals 2.9% of Lake County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.5%(177)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.6%(154)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era46.1%(363)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.4%(27)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 787 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Libertyville, decade by decade
Libertyville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
19,195
$147,921
$451,213
48.7%
15.1
2000
20,742
$161,814
$469,987
56.1%
21.8
2010
20,315
$147,443
$649,659
60.7%
28.6
2020
20,579
$182,509
$545,781
72.1%
38.1
2024
20,525
$165,667
$512,000
71.0%
42.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
