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Highland Park city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Highland Park city is a Census city of 30,398 people across 12.23 square miles of land, in Lake County. Median household income is $168,094, 83.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 41 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.3 m.
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Highland Park
What Highland Park is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.23 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,485
- County holding the largest share of its areaLake County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Park
How many people live in Highland Park
- Population30,398
- Median age45.0
- Population under 187,231
- Share under 1823.8 percent
- Population 65 and over7,400
- Share 65 and over24.3 percent
- Households11,787
- Family households8,466
- Share of households that are families71.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Park
Income and work in Highland Park
- Median household income$168,094
- Per capita income$98,275
- Civilian labor force15,298
- Employed14,803
- Unemployed495 plus or minus 173
- Unemployment rate3.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over21,448
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher76.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree39.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Park
Housing in Highland Park
- Housing units12,488
- Occupied units11,787
- Vacant units701 plus or minus 216
- Vacancy rate5.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied9,875
- Renter occupied1,912
- Ownership rate83.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$607,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,925
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent
- Single family units9,762
- Share single family78.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,726
- Share in buildings of two or more21.8 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Park
How Highland Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,801
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,837
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,783
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.0 percent
- Drove alone61.1 percent
- Carpooled2.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Public transport5.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home26.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Park
SBA loans in Highland Park (7(a))
- Approvals41
- Gross approval$18,299,200
- Average approval$446,322
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,241,000
- Largest approval$2,500,000
- Jobs supported377
- Jobs per approval9.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.4 percent
- Share to franchises9.8 percent
- Distinct lenders22
- Distinct industries by NAICS26
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Highland Park
SBA loans in Highland Park (504)
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$16,526,000
- Average approval$918,111
- Median approval$772,000
- Largest approval$3,083,000
- Jobs supported184
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Highland Park
Flood risk in Highland Park
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number170367
- Currently effective map date10/05/23
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lake County, not Highland Park
Lake County context, not Highland Park figures
These are Lake County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Highland Park measurements.
- Establishments in Lake County20,076
- Employment at those establishments, Lake County337,069
- Covered employment, Lake County329,354
- Average annual pay, Lake County$91,042
- Average weekly wage, Lake County$1,751
- Housing units permitted, Lake County1,042
- Of those, single family, Lake County531
- County product, 2024, Lake County$82,868,798,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lake County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lake County$132,863
Every figure in this section is published for Lake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Highland Park. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Highland Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Highland Park, Illinois?
30,398, in 11,787 households. Highland Park city covers 12.23 square miles of land, which is 2,485 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Highland Park in?
Lake County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Highland Park?
$168,094. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $607,300. Median gross rent is $1,925 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Highland Park businesses?
41 7(a) approvals totalling $18.3 m, across 22 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 18 504 approvals worth $16.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Highland Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Highland Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Highland Park. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Highland Park in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Highland Park appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170367, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Highland Park figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lake County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Highland Park.
Is zoning published for Highland Park?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.