Candlewick Lake vs Poplar Grove

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

Candlewick Lake and Poplar Grove 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 4,202 in Poplar Grove). Candlewick Lake has the higher median household income ($94,820 vs $93,409 in Poplar Grove). Poplar Grove has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $169,200 in Candlewick Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
Population	5,459	4,202
Median age	34.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,820	$93,409
Median home value	$169,200	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,443
Housing units	1,738	1,581
Homeownership rate	91.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
Population	4,734 → 5,459 (+15.3%)	5,270 → 4,202 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $94,820 (+26.4%)	$75,815 → $93,409 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $169,200 (+29.4%)	$159,900 → $253,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,539 (+10.5%)	$1,625 → $1,443 (-11.2%)

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

Poplar Grove

Population

5,2704,202

Median household income

$75,815$93,409

Median home value

$159,900$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
Under 5	4.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	24.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	26.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	73.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	12.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	96.4%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Candlewick Lake	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.7%
Average household size	3.52	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	41	28
Median year structure built	1995	2002