Gages Lake vs Wauconda

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

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

Wauconda has the higher population (14,010 vs 10,706 in Gages Lake). Wauconda has the higher median household income ($112,438 vs $105,114 in Gages Lake). Gages Lake has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $268,300 in Wauconda).

Population, income & housing

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
Population	10,706	14,010
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,114	$112,438
Median home value	$291,200	$268,300
Median gross rent	$1,741	$1,304
Housing units	4,206	5,361
Homeownership rate	83.4%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
Population	10,161 → 10,706 (+5.4%)	13,655 → 14,010 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$96,123 → $105,114 (+9.4%)	$81,313 → $112,438 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $291,200 (+25.6%)	$226,600 → $268,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,449 → $1,741 (+20.2%)	$1,166 → $1,304 (+11.8%)

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

Wauconda

Population

13,65514,010

Median household income

$81,313$112,438

Median home value

$226,600$268,300

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
Under 5	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.0%
75 and over	4.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	72.3%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	23.0%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
Drove alone	68.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.9%
Public transit	2.3%	1.6%
Walked	2.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
1-unit, detached	77.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.1%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Gages Lake	Wauconda
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1984	1990