Lake of the Woods vs Rantoul

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

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

Rantoul has the higher population (12,515 vs 1,976 in Lake of the Woods). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($69,054 vs $49,821 in Rantoul). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $109,200 in Rantoul).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
Population	1,976	12,515
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,054	$49,821
Median home value	$194,300	$109,200
Median gross rent	$1,201	$899
Housing units	763	5,829
Homeownership rate	82.6%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
Population	2,404 → 1,976 (-17.8%)	13,218 → 12,515 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $69,054 (+19.0%)	$42,149 → $49,821 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $194,300 (+69.5%)	$85,900 → $109,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,201 (+29.7%)	$782 → $899 (+15.0%)

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

Rantoul

Population

13,21812,515

Median household income

$42,149$49,821

Median home value

$85,900$109,200

Median gross rent

$782$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
Under 5	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.7%
75 and over	10.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	45.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
No high school diploma	2.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
Drove alone	73.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	24.6%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
1-unit, detached	58.3%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Rantoul
Poverty rate	6.9%	18.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1993	1965