Editing Mundelein, Illinois (section)

==== 1929 to present ====
Floods in 1936 and 1937 severely damaged the village. The first flood occurred on September 27, 1936, after 1.33 inches of rain fell onto the village, damaging businesses. The second occurred in June 1937, flooding the village's main road and causing further damage to adjacent neighborhoods and businesses.<ref>Killackey, p. 48</ref>

By the 1970s, the community was largely residential with a little light industrial development.<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Vol. VII, p. 100</ref> [[Ranch]]es and [[Split-level home|tri-level]] houses were built in the 1950s and 1960s in the center of town, with larger, two-story houses in the village's periphery built from the 1970s.<ref name="Mann">{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Leslie |date=2011-06-10 |title=Mundelein vibrant and affordable |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/06/10/mundelein-vibrant-and-affordable-2/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

A major employer of the village, Ball Glass, closed in the early 1980s. The village saw economic and industrial growth during the 1990s, gaining over 10,000 residents between the [[1980 United States census|1980]] and [[2000 United States census|1990 United States census]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Ferlaino |first=Jessica |date=2016-09-02 |title=Rebranded and Redefined |url=https://businessinfocusmagazine.com/2016/09/rebranded-and-redefined/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Business In Focus Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

Mundelein greatly expanded in size in 2022 with the annexation of over 700 acres of land owned by the [[Wirtz Corporation|Wirtz family]]; the owners of the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]. The plan was to develop 1,200 houses and 600 townhomes following the annexation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Good |first=Gavin |date=2022-12-13 |title=Mundelein to annex 700 acres for Wirtz family's massive Ivanhoe Village project; 'It will … be one of the largest developments in Lake County' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/12/13/mundelein-to-annex-700-acres-for-wirtz-familys-massive-ivanhoe-village-project-it-will-be-one-of-the-largest-developments-in-lake-county/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>