Gages Lake vs Hawthorn Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Gages Lake and Hawthorn Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gages Lake has the higher population (10,706 vs 9,145 in Hawthorn Woods). Hawthorn Woods has the higher median household income ($238,114 vs $105,114 in Gages Lake). Hawthorn Woods has the higher median home value ($592,800 vs $291,200 in Gages Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Population	10,706	9,145
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,114	$238,114
Median home value	$291,200	$592,800
Median gross rent	$1,741	—
Housing units	4,206	3,025
Homeownership rate	83.4%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Population	10,161 → 10,706 (+5.4%)	8,402 → 9,145 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$96,123 → $105,114 (+9.4%)	$175,795 → $238,114 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $291,200 (+25.6%)	$566,100 → $592,800 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,449 → $1,741 (+20.2%)	—

Gages Lake

Population

10,16110,706

Median household income

$96,123$105,114

Median home value

$231,800$291,200

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,741

Hawthorn Woods

Population

8,4029,145

Median household income

$175,795$238,114

Median home value

$566,100$592,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.0%
75 and over	4.5%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	41.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Drove alone	68.7%	60.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.1%
Public transit	2.3%	9.9%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	22.7%
Other means	0.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
1-unit, detached	77.6%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Gages Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Poverty rate	5.2%	0.8%
Average household size	2.63	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1984	1996