Lake Carroll vs Lanark

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Carroll and Lanark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lanark has the higher population (1,510 vs 763 in Lake Carroll). Lake Carroll has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $66,250 in Lanark). Lake Carroll has the higher median home value ($317,900 vs $97,100 in Lanark).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
Population	763	1,510
Median age	60.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$66,250
Median home value	$317,900	$97,100
Median gross rent	—	$781
Housing units	910	738
Homeownership rate	99.3%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
Population	500 → 763 (+52.6%)	1,445 → 1,510 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$84,048 → $101,250 (+20.5%)	$44,875 → $66,250 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $317,900 (+5.7%)	$86,300 → $97,100 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $781 (+30.2%)

Lake Carroll

Population

500763

Median household income

$84,048$101,250

Median home value

$300,800$317,900

Lanark

Population

1,4451,510

Median household income

$44,875$66,250

Median home value

$86,300$97,100

Median gross rent

$600$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
Under 5	9.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	12.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	3.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	22.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	29.9%	11.4%
75 and over	7.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
Drove alone	80.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	10.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
1-unit, detached	99.2%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Carroll	Lanark
Poverty rate	3.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1995	1944