Gages Lake vs Long Grove

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

Gages Lake and Long Grove 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 8,266 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($235,368 vs $105,114 in Gages Lake). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($746,700 vs $291,200 in Gages Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
Population	10,706	8,266
Median age	40.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,114	$235,368
Median home value	$291,200	$746,700
Median gross rent	$1,741	$3,501
Housing units	4,206	2,774
Homeownership rate	83.4%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
Population	10,161 → 10,706 (+5.4%)	7,963 → 8,266 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$96,123 → $105,114 (+9.4%)	$214,073 → $235,368 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $291,200 (+25.6%)	$648,700 → $746,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,449 → $1,741 (+20.2%)	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)

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

Long Grove

Population

7,9638,266

Median household income

$214,073$235,368

Median home value

$648,700$746,700

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
Under 5	5.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	18.3%	23.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.4%
75 and over	4.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	72.9%
Black or African American	7.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	23.0%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
Drove alone	68.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.3%
Public transit	2.3%	1.1%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	28.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
1-unit, detached	77.6%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gages Lake	Long Grove
Poverty rate	5.2%	1.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1984	1989