Candlewick Lake vs Garden Prairie

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

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

Candlewick Lake has the higher population (5,459 vs 560 in Garden Prairie). Candlewick Lake has the higher median household income ($94,820 vs $42,188 in Garden Prairie). Candlewick Lake has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $108,000 in Garden Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
Population	5,459	560
Median age	34.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,820	$42,188
Median home value	$169,200	$108,000
Median gross rent	$1,539	—
Housing units	1,738	158
Homeownership rate	91.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
Population	4,734 → 5,459 (+15.3%)	325 → 560 (+72.3%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $94,820 (+26.4%)	$43,313 → $42,188 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $169,200 (+29.4%)	$89,000 → $108,000 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,539 (+10.5%)	—

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

Garden Prairie

Population

325560

Median household income

$43,313$42,188

Median home value

$89,000$108,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
Under 5	4.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.4%	32.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	2.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	5.1%	15.4%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	88.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	6.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
No high school diploma	12.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
Drove alone	73.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
1-unit, detached	96.4%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Candlewick Lake	Garden Prairie
Poverty rate	7.9%	10.7%
Average household size	3.52	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	41	42
Median year structure built	1995	1952