Belvidere vs Candlewick Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Belvidere and Candlewick Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Belvidere and Candlewick Lake are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belvidere has the higher population (24,510 vs 5,459 in Candlewick Lake). Candlewick Lake has the higher median household income ($94,820 vs $62,462 in Belvidere). Candlewick Lake has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $153,100 in Belvidere).

Population, income & housing

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
Population	24,510	5,459
Median age	39.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,462	$94,820
Median home value	$153,100	$169,200
Median gross rent	$943	$1,539
Housing units	10,077	1,738
Homeownership rate	73.6%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
Population	25,027 → 24,510 (-2.1%)	4,734 → 5,459 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$51,166 → $62,462 (+22.1%)	$75,000 → $94,820 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $153,100 (+38.8%)	$130,800 → $169,200 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $943 (+21.5%)	$1,393 → $1,539 (+10.5%)

Belvidere

Population

25,02724,510

Median household income

$51,166$62,462

Median home value

$110,300$153,100

Median gross rent

$776$943

Candlewick Lake

Population

4,7345,459

Median household income

$75,000$94,820

Median home value

$130,800$169,200

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.1%
75 and over	6.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	69.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
No high school diploma	21.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
Drove alone	75.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	14.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
1-unit, detached	68.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Belvidere	Candlewick Lake
Poverty rate	15.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.53	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	41
Median year structure built	1972	1995