{
 "name": "Lake County",
 "state": "Illinois",
 "stateCode": "IL",
 "fips": "17097",
 "sameAs": [
  "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q484263"
 ],
 "countySeat": "Waukegan",
 "alsoKnownAs": "Waukegan",
 "towns": [
  "Waukegan",
  "North Chicago",
  "Highland Park",
  "Lake Forest",
  "Libertyville",
  "Mundelein",
  "Gurnee",
  "Zion",
  "Vernon Hills",
  "Grayslake",
  "Round Lake",
  "Antioch",
  "Lake Zurich",
  "Deerfield"
 ],
 "bordering": "Lake County borders Cook and McHenry counties, and across the state line Allegan County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Kenosha County, WI and Van Buren County, MI.",
 "bordersWeSearch": [
  {
   "name": "Cook County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/illinois/cook-county"
  }
 ],
 "offices": [
  {
   "name": "Lake County Clerk, Recordings",
   "role": "Records deeds, mortgages, releases and liens (the former Recorder of Deeds' duties)",
   "kind": "records"
  },
  {
   "name": "Lake County Chief County Assessment Office",
   "role": "Parcel (PIN), taxpayer of record and assessment data",
   "kind": "owner"
  }
 ],
 "censusEstimates": {
  "period": "2020 to 2024",
  "note": "Federal census estimates for the county (5-year survey); estimates, not counts.",
  "housingUnits": 270618,
  "ownerOccupiedShareOfOccupiedPct": 74.8,
  "vacantPct": 4.5,
  "medianGrossRentUsd": 1477,
  "medianYearBuilt": 1983,
  "builtBefore1980Pct": 46.3
 },
 "homeValueAndTax": {
  "medianHomeValueUsd": 345700,
  "medianPropertyTaxUsd": 8923,
  "effectivePropertyTaxRatePct": 2.58,
  "ownerOccupiedHomes": 193403,
  "conformingLoanLimitUsd": 832750,
  "twoBedroomFairMarketRentUsd": 2011
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "label": "County seat",
   "value": "Waukegan"
  },
  {
   "label": "Records office",
   "value": "Lake County Clerk, Recordings"
  },
  {
   "label": "Owner and parcel data",
   "value": "Lake County Chief County Assessment Office"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units",
   "value": "270,618"
  },
  {
   "label": "Occupied homes that are owner-occupied",
   "value": "74.8%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units vacant",
   "value": "4.5%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median year homes were built",
   "value": "1983"
  },
  {
   "label": "Homes built before 1980",
   "value": "46.3%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median gross rent",
   "value": "$1,477 a month"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median home value",
   "value": "$345,700"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median property tax",
   "value": "$8,923 a year (2.58% of value)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Last verified",
   "value": "November 9, 2026"
  }
 ],
 "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
 "report": {
  "priceUsd": 49,
  "type": "title search (current owner search)",
  "searches": [
   "Taxpayer of record, PIN and situs address from Lake County's parcel records",
   "Deeds, mortgages, releases, assignments, liens and lis pendens indexed under the owner's name with the County Clerk",
   "Mortgages matched to releases by the index's cross-references; earlier owners' loans set apart",
   "Federal court records matched to the owner",
   "Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel"
  ],
  "doesNotCover": [
   "Documents are tied to the property by their legal description or address; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.",
   "State-court judgments that are not recorded with the County Clerk are not searched.",
   "Loan amounts are shown only where the index states them, and delinquent property taxes (County Treasurer) are not searched.",
   "The report is a public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
  ]
 },
 "links": {
  "page": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/illinois/lake-county",
  "order": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/illinois/lake-county/order",
  "json": "https://heritagedeed.com/data/counties/illinois/lake-county.json"
 },
 "publisher": "HeritageDeed",
 "notice": "A public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
}