Gages Lake vs Lindenhurst

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

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

Lindenhurst has the higher population (14,365 vs 10,706 in Gages Lake). Lindenhurst has the higher median household income ($127,837 vs $105,114 in Gages Lake). Gages Lake has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $275,400 in Lindenhurst).

Population, income & housing

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
Population	10,706	14,365
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,114	$127,837
Median home value	$291,200	$275,400
Median gross rent	$1,741	$1,836
Housing units	4,206	5,288
Homeownership rate	83.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
Population	10,161 → 10,706 (+5.4%)	14,417 → 14,365 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$96,123 → $105,114 (+9.4%)	$108,044 → $127,837 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $291,200 (+25.6%)	$219,700 → $275,400 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,449 → $1,741 (+20.2%)	$1,598 → $1,836 (+14.9%)

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

Lindenhurst

Population

14,41714,365

Median household income

$108,044$127,837

Median home value

$219,700$275,400

Median gross rent

$1,598$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.3%
75 and over	4.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	72.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
Drove alone	68.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.7%
Public transit	2.3%	1.5%
Walked	2.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
1-unit, detached	77.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gages Lake	Lindenhurst
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1984	1986