† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGurneeIllinoisUnited States
German17.0%16.1%12.5%
Irish10.7%10.6%9.4%
Polish7.9%6.0%2.2%
English6.9%6.9%9.5%
Italian6.4%5.4%4.8%
American3.5%3.3%5.3%
Russian2.3%——
Swedish2.0%1.5%—
Mexican13.0%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.7%1.8%
Honduran0.5%0.2%0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian5.8%2.1%1.4%
Filipino2.5%1.0%0.9%
Chinese1.9%1.0%1.3%
Korean1.4%0.4%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Pakistani0.3%0.3%—
African American†6.8%12.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Gurnee
Illinois
United States
Median age
40.1
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gurnee
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$119,628
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.2%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
56.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gurnee
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.1%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
11.0%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.1%
2.6%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.9%
0.7%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.4%
1.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gurnee
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Gurnee, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−7.3%
2008
+14.1%
2012
+5.6%
2016
+18.0%
2020
+24.6%
2024
+22.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.8%Harris9,059
37.1%Trump5,626
3.1%
D+22.6
R+1.9
D+24.1
15,161
D
61.3%Biden10,121
36.7%Trump6,061
2.1%
D+24.6
D+6.6
D+20.1
16,521
D
55.0%Clinton8,274
37.0%Trump5,566
7.9%
D+18.0
D+12.4
D+15.9
15,032
D
52.1%Obama7,345
46.5%Romney6,560
1.4%
D+5.6
R+8.5
D+1.7
14,100
D
56.4%Obama8,262
42.3%McCain6,198
1.2%
D+14.1
D+21.4
D+6.8
14,637
R
45.8%Kerry6,261
53.1%Bush7,263
1.1%
R+7.3
—
R+4.9
13,673
Gurnee sits along the I-94 corridor in Lake County, a historically competitive collar-county zone where suburban migration has gradually shifted the electorate toward higher educational attainment and closer statewide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.6 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 7.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.6 points.
A population of 30,510, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $119,628 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Vernon Hills and Lisle.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Gurnee, Illinois voted Democratic by 22.6 points (D+22.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,161 votes cast, 9,059 went Democratic and 5,626 went Republican.
When did Gurnee, Illinois last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Gurnee, Illinois voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Gurnee, Illinois?
Gurnee, Illinois has a population of 30,510 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gurnee, Illinois?
Median household income in Gurnee, Illinois is $119,628 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Gurnee, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gurnee, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
