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SheetIL-MUNDELEIN-IL · Mundelein, IL 31,632 pop · income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mundelein
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mundelein on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
North Chicago · lowest
56,815
North Chicago · lowest
56,815 median HH income
41.2% of the leader · rank #1
Mundelein · this city
107,608
Mundelein · this city
107,608 median HH income
78.0% of the leader · rank #2
Taylor Corners · near
107,614
Taylor Corners · near
107,614 median HH income
78.0% of the leader · rank #3
Salem · near
107,617
Salem · near
107,617 median HH income
78.0% of the leader · rank #4
Rendon · near
107,618
Rendon · near
107,618 median HH income
78.0% of the leader · rank #5
El Moro · near
107,625
El Moro · near
107,625 median HH income
78.0% of the leader · rank #6
Bel Air North · highest
137,995
Bel Air North · highest
137,995 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Mundelein on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 31,632.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Mundelein - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mundelein lands in the 82nd percentile for household income and the 73rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
82nd
percentile, household income
62nd
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
73rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Mundelein, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 31,632 residents in Mundelein, a small city within Illinois. Mundelein households earn a median of $107,608 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.2%. Mundelein's housing stock carries a median value of $285,600, and the median resident age is 38.3 years. 42.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 69.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 106 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 147% from five years earlier. Mundelein reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 771.7 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Mundelein's yearly average temperature at 47.9°F with 38.5 inches of precipitation per year and 43.1 inches of snowfall.
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,063 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Illinois's average monthly utility costs around $240 (state average). Commute times here average 23.7 minutes, with 75.9% driving alone and 16.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mundelein's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to reported crime to housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households to climate and hazard context to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mundelein, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Mundelein growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,136 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 106 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Mundelein?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 771.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 66% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
How far does income reach against housing in Mundelein?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mundelein?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Pekin (31,812 residents, $58,355 income); Elk Grove Village (32,132 residents, $95,216 income); O'Fallon (32,139 residents, $102,793 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Naugatuck, CT (31,634 residents); Nicholasville, KY (31,625 residents); Middle River, MD (31,616 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Mundelein?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 42.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
6.2%
Bachelor's degree+
42.9%
Matched public schools
12
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 47.9°F, with 38.5 inches of precipitation and 43.1 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Illinois is 54.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
54.5
Annual precipitation
38.5 in
Mean temperature
47.9°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the journey to work look like in Mundelein?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.7 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
75.9%
Work from home
16.0%
Public transit
1.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 17,032 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B-
City profile score · Mundelein, IL
68/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A
47 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income A-
$107,608
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Mundelein profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 85/100 (A) · 47 /100k
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,608
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 42.9%
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.2%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Mundelein sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Mundelein's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Mundelein highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Mundelein, IL (this city): home $285,600, crime 772/100k
Naugatuck, CT : home $241,600, crime 1,071/100k
Nicholasville, KY : home $210,700, crime 1,610/100k
Bangor, ME : home $206,300, crime 4,399/100k
Fitchburg, WI : home $389,400, crime 1,616/100k
Elk Grove Village, IL : home $334,400, crime 1,815/100k
O'Fallon, IL : home $274,100, crime 1,215/100k
North Chicago, IL : home $147,800, crime 742/100k
St. Charles, IL : home $369,700, crime 1,156/100k
Gurnee, IL : home $331,100, crime 2,410/100k
How does Mundelein compare to other US cities?
Here's how Mundelein stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value62% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety73% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Illinois, Mundelein ranks #186 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Mundelein against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Mundelein near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mundelein ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mundelein only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#170 of 1,311
87th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#177 of 1,315
87th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#746 of 1,335
44th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#160 of 1,336
88th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income · 73rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Mundelein's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Mundelein's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Mundelein's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$285,60038th percentilemore affordable than 38% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Mundelein's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,789 of 15,516
More affordable than 69% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#499 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.7×, Mundelein sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,789 of 15,516 and #499 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$107,608Mundelein, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mundelein, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Mundelein, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
31,632
Median Income
$107,608
Median Home Value
$285,600
Median Age
38.3
Poverty Rate
6.2%
Labor force participation
69.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
771.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
47.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
724.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
47.9°F
Annual Precipitation
38.5"
Annual Snowfall
43.1"
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mundelein's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
31,544 residents
2021
31,608 residents
2022
31,724 residents
2023
31,990 residents
2024
32,486 residents
2025
32,680 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
106
housing units authorized
Single-Family
106
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
43
43
0
$6.1M
2020
69
69
0
$10.3M
2021
112
112
0
$17.8M
2022
123
123
0
$33.8M
2023
193
193
0
$40.8M
2024
106
106
0
$37.4M
Permit volume increased 147% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.7 minutes
Drive Alone
75.9%
Carpool
5.0%
Public Transit
1.6%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
16.0%
Other
0.8%
Based on 17,032 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Mundelein. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Mundelein is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Mundelein sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mundelein compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.