Lily Lake vs Sleepy Hollow

A side-by-side comparison of Lily Lake and Sleepy Hollow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sleepy Hollow has the higher population (3,165 vs 1,432 in Lily Lake). Sleepy Hollow has the higher median household income ($147,407 vs $145,192 in Lily Lake). Lily Lake has the higher median home value ($379,300 vs $365,200 in Sleepy Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
Population	1,432	3,165
Median age	44.2 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$145,192	$147,407
Median home value	$379,300	$365,200
Median gross rent	$1,438	$1,206
Housing units	454	1,120
Homeownership rate	98.5%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
Population	1,022 → 1,432 (+40.1%)	3,296 → 3,165 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$132,273 → $145,192 (+9.8%)	$110,938 → $147,407 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$360,200 → $379,300 (+5.3%)	$305,500 → $365,200 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $1,438 (-17.8%)	$1,125 → $1,206 (+7.2%)

Lily Lake

Population

1,0221,432

Median household income

$132,273$145,192

Median home value

$360,200$379,300

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,438

Sleepy Hollow

Population

3,2963,165

Median household income

$110,938$147,407

Median home value

$305,500$365,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
Under 5	3.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	16.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	5.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.8%
75 and over	4.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
No high school diploma	0.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	20.2%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
Drove alone	75.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	12.8%
Other means	0.5%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
1-unit, detached	95.2%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lily Lake	Sleepy Hollow
Poverty rate	0.6%	5.0%
Average household size	3.15	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1991	1980