Lily Lake vs Wayne

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

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

Wayne has the higher population (2,284 vs 1,432 in Lily Lake). Wayne has the higher median household income ($169,583 vs $145,192 in Lily Lake). Wayne has the higher median home value ($674,000 vs $379,300 in Lily Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lily Lake	Wayne
Population	1,432	2,284
Median age	44.2 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$145,192	$169,583
Median home value	$379,300	$674,000
Median gross rent	$1,438	$3,501
Housing units	454	904
Homeownership rate	98.5%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lily Lake	Wayne
Population	1,022 → 1,432 (+40.1%)	2,439 → 2,284 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$132,273 → $145,192 (+9.8%)	$134,659 → $169,583 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$360,200 → $379,300 (+5.3%)	$530,100 → $674,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $1,438 (-17.8%)	$3,500 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

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

Wayne

Population

2,4392,284

Median household income

$134,659$169,583

Median home value

$530,100$674,000

Median gross rent

$3,500$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lily Lake	Wayne
Under 5	3.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	16.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	22.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	18.5%
75 and over	4.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lily Lake	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lily Lake	Wayne
No high school diploma	0.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	20.2%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lily Lake	Wayne
Drove alone	75.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	17.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lily Lake	Wayne
1-unit, detached	95.2%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.2%
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%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Lily Lake	Wayne
Poverty rate	0.6%	2.3%
Average household size	3.15	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1991	1988