Mundelein, IL

Mundelein's Metra station puts rail in the local transportation mix: North Central Service runs on weekdays, Pace buses also serve the village, and parking is available at the station. Away from the platform, the park district maintains 33 neighborhood parks and major facilities that include Barefoot Bay Family Aquatic Center, a health and fitness center, Community Park, the Diamond Lake Sports Complex, and a boat launch. One current limitation matters for summer planning: district documents say Diamond Lake Beach will not open during 2026, while Barefoot Bay and its spray park remain in the year's fee schedule. The village-owned Heritage Museum, housed in a former railroad depot, opened its 2026 season with Wednesday and Saturday hours, Diamond Lake artifacts, a Roaring Twenties exhibit, and a monthly old-time-radio program.

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Mundelein Community Days adds a July calendar of music, a parade, carnival, car show, pet parade, run and walk, pickleball, and a museum history day. The Fremont Public Library extends local borrowing beyond books through a Library of Things containing mobile hotspots, Rokus, a Nintendo Switch, karaoke equipment, a Cricut machine, a metal detector, a film digitizer, laptops, projectors, and an air-quality monitor. Seventy-one percent of homes were owner-occupied. The median owner-occupied value was $309,700, median monthly owner costs with a mortgage were $2,162, and median gross rent was $1,566. Median household income was $108,340, and workers' mean travel time was about 28 minutes. Mundelein grew from 31,560 residents in the 2020 census to an estimated 32,680 in 2025.