Lily Lake vs Virgil

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

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

Lily Lake has the higher population (1,432 vs 310 in Virgil). Lily Lake has the higher median household income ($145,192 vs $97,500 in Virgil). Lily Lake has the higher median home value ($379,300 vs $301,500 in Virgil).

Population, income & housing

	Lily Lake	Virgil
Population	1,432	310
Median age	44.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,192	$97,500
Median home value	$379,300	$301,500
Median gross rent	$1,438	$1,058
Housing units	454	134
Homeownership rate	98.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lily Lake	Virgil
Population	1,022 → 1,432 (+40.1%)	406 → 310 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$132,273 → $145,192 (+9.8%)	$91,786 → $97,500 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$360,200 → $379,300 (+5.3%)	$214,800 → $301,500 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $1,438 (-17.8%)	$1,667 → $1,058 (-36.5%)

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

Virgil

Population

406310

Median household income

$91,786$97,500

Median home value

$214,800$301,500

Median gross rent

$1,667$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lily Lake	Virgil
Under 5	3.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	16.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	21.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	19.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.9%
75 and over	4.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lily Lake	Virgil
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lily Lake	Virgil
No high school diploma	0.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	20.2%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lily Lake	Virgil
Drove alone	75.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	15.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lily Lake	Virgil
1-unit, detached	95.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lily Lake	Virgil
Poverty rate	0.6%	4.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1991	1971