Apple Canyon Lake vs Scales Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Canyon Lake and Scales Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Apple Canyon Lake has the higher population (795 vs 441 in Scales Mound). Apple Canyon Lake has the higher median household income ($103,375 vs $66,765 in Scales Mound). Apple Canyon Lake has the higher median home value ($319,100 vs $158,000 in Scales Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
Population	795	441
Median age	58.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,375	$66,765
Median home value	$319,100	$158,000
Median gross rent	—	$774
Housing units	993	197
Homeownership rate	89.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
Population	512 → 795 (+55.3%)	454 → 441 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$77,841 → $103,375 (+32.8%)	$57,813 → $66,765 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$230,900 → $319,100 (+38.2%)	$111,300 → $158,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$684 → $774 (+13.2%)

Apple Canyon Lake

Population

512795

Median household income

$77,841$103,375

Median home value

$230,900$319,100

Scales Mound

Population

454441

Median household income

$57,813$66,765

Median home value

$111,300$158,000

Median gross rent

$684$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
Under 5	0.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.7%	22.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	1.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	15.6%
75 and over	20.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	20.7%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
Drove alone	83.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	1.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
1-unit, detached	96.7%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Apple Canyon Lake	Scales Mound
Poverty rate	21.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1987	1938