Lake Carroll vs Thomson

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

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

Thomson has the higher population (1,526 vs 763 in Lake Carroll). Lake Carroll has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $54,063 in Thomson). Lake Carroll has the higher median home value ($317,900 vs $122,300 in Thomson).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
Population	763	1,526
Median age	60.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$54,063
Median home value	$317,900	$122,300
Median gross rent	—	$940
Housing units	910	255
Homeownership rate	99.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
Population	500 → 763 (+52.6%)	524 → 1,526 (+191.2%)
Median household income	$84,048 → $101,250 (+20.5%)	$49,375 → $54,063 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $317,900 (+5.7%)	$115,800 → $122,300 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$785 → $940 (+19.7%)

Lake Carroll

Population

500763

Median household income

$84,048$101,250

Median home value

$300,800$317,900

Thomson

Population

5241,526

Median household income

$49,375$54,063

Median home value

$115,800$122,300

Median gross rent

$785$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
Under 5	9.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	4.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	28.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	30.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	29.9%	5.7%
75 and over	7.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
No high school diploma	5.7%	33.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
Drove alone	80.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
1-unit, detached	99.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Carroll	Thomson
Poverty rate	3.1%	21.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1995	1965