Summary for Round Lake Heights

About Round Lake Heights (Click for our profile page)

Located in: Lake County (see below)

Typical Abbreviation: Round Lk. Hts.

Time Zone: Round Lake Heights lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)

Telephone Area Codes: (224), (847)<1>

Elevation: 780 feet [237.74 m] above sea level<2>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Round Lake Heights)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	2,650 (0.97% decrease since 2010)
2010:	2,676 (98.7% increase since 2000)
2000:	1,347

Total Area:<4> 0.6 sq. miles [1.6 km²] - of which 6.15% is water (0.04 sq. miles [0.1 km²])

Housing Units:<5> 783

Official Website: www.villageofroundlakeheights.com/

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<6>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Round Lake Heights:

Lat: 42.385500° (or 42°23'7" N)

Lon: -88.103700° (or -88°6'13" W)

USGS Topo Map: Antioch<7>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Round Lake Heights

GNIS ID: 2399133

FIPS State / Place Code: 17 / 66053

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Round Lake Heights)

About Lake County

The village of Waukegan is the County Seat for Lake County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Lake)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	697,134 (0.9% decrease since 2010)
2010	703,462 (9.17% increase since 2000)
2000:	644,356

Total Area: 1,368 sq. miles [3,544.3 km²] - of which 67.6% is water (924 sq. miles [2,395.2 km²])

Housing Units: 260,310

Official Website: www.co.lake.il.us

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Lake

GNIS ID: 1784796

FIPS State / County Code: 17 / 097

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Round Lake Heights)

About Illinois

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	12,667,017 (1.28% decrease since 2010)
2010:	12,830,632 (3.31% increase since 2000)
2000:	12,419,293

Websites for State of Illinois

Official Website: https://illinois.gov

Tourism: https://www.enjoyillinois.com/

Parks: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/

Fishing: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/fishing

Hunting: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Illinois

GNIS ID: 1779784

FIPS State: 17

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Round Lake Heights)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Round Lake Heights: www.villageofroundlakeheights.com/

The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>	Area code (224) is an overlay for area code (847).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Round Lake Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Round Lake Heights. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<6>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Round Lake Heights, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<7>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Round Lake Heights.