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Lake Bluff, Illinois, in Lake county, is 5 miles S of Waukegan, Illinois (center to center) and 30 miles N of Chicago, Illinois. The village is included in the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the year 2000 census, 6,056 people lived in Lake Bluff.
In Lake Bluff, about 77% of adults are married. Lake Bluff is one of those places you go to when you're already married, not to find someone. It seems that everyone in village is married (though of course they're not). Large families and residences are common here. Watch out for that stroller! It's hard to swing a rattle in Lake Bluff without hitting a preschooler.
In 2000, Lake Bluff had a median family income of $124,674. Many people in Lake Bluff make a good living. The bulk of the population of the village is doing well, with money to spend. Lake Bluff doesn't have a large share of its people below the poverty line. Significantly, more adults in the village have earned college degrees than have people in most other villages in Illinois. In Lake Bluff, a noticeable number of people work from home rather than commuting every day. (Whether or not they're interested in marriage, it's worth noting that there are a lot of high-income single people in the village.)
Lake Bluff residents donated more money ($77,260) to George W. Bush than to the other candidates in the 2004 Presidential race. Across all electoral races, the Republican party attracted the most donations from the village.
An estimated 91% of living spaces in Lake Bluff are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Optimists try to see the higher property taxes in the village as a sign of wealth and desirability.
In Lake Bluff, 80% of commuters drive to work. Public transportation is used by many people in Lake Bluff.
Lake Bluff strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Illinois):
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| Low Rate of Poverty (vs. Peers) | Top 1% |  |
| College Educated Adults (vs. Peers) | Top 1% | |
| People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers) | Top 1% | |
| Median Family Income (vs. Peers) | Top 2% | |
| Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers) | Top 2% | |
| Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers) | Top 3% | |
| Public Transportation Use (vs. Peers) | Top 7% | |
Comparing Lake Bluff to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Illinois (State):
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