Lake of the Woods vs St. Joseph

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (3,833 vs 1,976 in Lake of the Woods). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $69,054 in Lake of the Woods). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $194,300 in Lake of the Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
Population	1,976	3,833
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,054	$114,594
Median home value	$194,300	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,201	$969
Housing units	763	1,511
Homeownership rate	82.6%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
Population	2,404 → 1,976 (-17.8%)	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $69,054 (+19.0%)	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $194,300 (+69.5%)	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,201 (+29.7%)	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)

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

St. Joseph

Population

4,4483,833

Median household income

$94,088$114,594

Median home value

$189,300$257,400

Median gross rent

$770$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
Under 5	4.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.3%
75 and over	10.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
Drove alone	73.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	24.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	58.3%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1993	1996