Lake of the Woods vs Philo

A side-by-side comparison of Lake of the Woods and Philo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (1,976 vs 1,461 in Philo). Philo has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $69,054 in Lake of the Woods). Philo has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $194,300 in Lake of the Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
Population	1,976	1,461
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,054	$103,438
Median home value	$194,300	$198,100
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,063
Housing units	763	526
Homeownership rate	82.6%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
Population	2,404 → 1,976 (-17.8%)	1,560 → 1,461 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $69,054 (+19.0%)	$80,804 → $103,438 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $194,300 (+69.5%)	$155,100 → $198,100 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,201 (+29.7%)	$750 → $1,063 (+41.7%)

Lake of the Woods

Population

2,4041,976

Median household income

$58,034$69,054

Median home value

$114,600$194,300

Median gross rent

$926$1,201

Philo

Population

1,5601,461

Median household income

$80,804$103,438

Median home value

$155,100$198,100

Median gross rent

$750$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
Under 5	4.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.7%
75 and over	10.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
Drove alone	73.9%	90.1%
Carpooled	24.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
1-unit, detached	58.3%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Philo
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.59	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1993	1968