Channel Lake vs Knollwood

A side-by-side comparison of Channel Lake and Knollwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Channel Lake has the higher population (1,988 vs 1,907 in Knollwood). Knollwood has the higher median household income ($133,452 vs $63,958 in Channel Lake). Knollwood has the higher median home value ($372,500 vs $210,400 in Channel Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
Population	1,988	1,907
Median age	34.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,958	$133,452
Median home value	$210,400	$372,500
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,733
Housing units	853	778
Homeownership rate	78.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
Population	1,661 → 1,988 (+19.7%)	1,665 → 1,907 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$49,926 → $63,958 (+28.1%)	$103,750 → $133,452 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $210,400 (+21.0%)	$324,100 → $372,500 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,526 (+38.0%)	$1,545 → $1,733 (+12.2%)

Channel Lake

Population

1,6611,988

Median household income

$49,926$63,958

Median home value

$173,900$210,400

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,526

Knollwood

Population

1,6651,907

Median household income

$103,750$133,452

Median home value

$324,100$372,500

Median gross rent

$1,545$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
Under 5	12.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	29.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	19.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	18.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	5.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
Drove alone	75.2%	66.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	14.5%	29.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
1-unit, detached	98.5%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Channel Lake	Knollwood
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1962	1970