Lake Carroll vs Mount Carroll

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

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

Mount Carroll has the higher population (1,515 vs 763 in Lake Carroll). Lake Carroll has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $59,167 in Mount Carroll). Lake Carroll has the higher median home value ($317,900 vs $88,800 in Mount Carroll).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
Population	763	1,515
Median age	60.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$59,167
Median home value	$317,900	$88,800
Median gross rent	—	$749
Housing units	910	746
Homeownership rate	99.3%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
Population	500 → 763 (+52.6%)	1,571 → 1,515 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$84,048 → $101,250 (+20.5%)	$56,413 → $59,167 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $317,900 (+5.7%)	$87,000 → $88,800 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$588 → $749 (+27.4%)

Lake Carroll

Population

500763

Median household income

$84,048$101,250

Median home value

$300,800$317,900

Mount Carroll

Population

1,5711,515

Median household income

$56,413$59,167

Median home value

$87,000$88,800

Median gross rent

$588$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
Under 5	9.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	3.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	22.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	29.9%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
Drove alone	80.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	10.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
1-unit, detached	99.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Carroll	Mount Carroll
Poverty rate	3.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1995	1950