Channel Lake vs Round Lake Heights

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

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

Round Lake Heights has the higher population (2,585 vs 1,988 in Channel Lake). Round Lake Heights has the higher median household income ($75,556 vs $63,958 in Channel Lake). Channel Lake has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $196,100 in Round Lake Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
Population	1,988	2,585
Median age	34.8 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,958	$75,556
Median home value	$210,400	$196,100
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,435
Housing units	853	850
Homeownership rate	78.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
Population	1,661 → 1,988 (+19.7%)	3,179 → 2,585 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$49,926 → $63,958 (+28.1%)	$78,950 → $75,556 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $210,400 (+21.0%)	$168,500 → $196,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,526 (+38.0%)	$1,470 → $1,435 (-2.4%)

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

Round Lake Heights

Population

3,1792,585

Median household income

$78,950$75,556

Median home value

$168,500$196,100

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
Under 5	12.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	27.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	19.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.7%
75 and over	4.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	36.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	42.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
No high school diploma	5.2%	18.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
Drove alone	75.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	98.5%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Channel Lake	Round Lake Heights
Poverty rate	19.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.53	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1962	1978