Channel Lake vs Venetian Village

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

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

Venetian Village has the higher population (2,704 vs 1,988 in Channel Lake). Venetian Village has the higher median household income ($91,786 vs $63,958 in Channel Lake). Venetian Village has the higher median home value ($216,900 vs $210,400 in Channel Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
Population	1,988	2,704
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,958	$91,786
Median home value	$210,400	$216,900
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,609
Housing units	853	1,046
Homeownership rate	78.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
Population	1,661 → 1,988 (+19.7%)	2,934 → 2,704 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$49,926 → $63,958 (+28.1%)	$93,262 → $91,786 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $210,400 (+21.0%)	$173,500 → $216,900 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,526 (+38.0%)	$1,105 → $1,609 (+45.6%)

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

Venetian Village

Population

2,9342,704

Median household income

$93,262$91,786

Median home value

$173,500$216,900

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
Under 5	12.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.9%
75 and over	4.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	66.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
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%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
Drove alone	75.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
1-unit, detached	98.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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

	Channel Lake	Venetian Village
Poverty rate	19.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1962	1971