Hainesville vs Long Lake

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

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

Hainesville has the higher population (3,524 vs 3,219 in Long Lake). Hainesville has the higher median household income ($126,125 vs $100,824 in Long Lake). Hainesville has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $185,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hainesville	Long Lake
Population	3,524	3,219
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,125	$100,824
Median home value	$218,500	$185,400
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,529
Housing units	1,294	1,167
Homeownership rate	89.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hainesville	Long Lake
Population	3,606 → 3,524 (-2.3%)	3,557 → 3,219 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$90,931 → $126,125 (+38.7%)	$87,895 → $100,824 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $218,500 (+29.1%)	$155,800 → $185,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,219 (-16.2%)	$1,210 → $1,529 (+26.4%)

Hainesville

Population

3,6063,524

Median household income

$90,931$126,125

Median home value

$169,200$218,500

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,219

Long Lake

Population

3,5573,219

Median household income

$87,895$100,824

Median home value

$155,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hainesville	Long Lake
Under 5	3.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	17.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	20.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.4%
75 and over	2.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hainesville	Long Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	48.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	45.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hainesville	Long Lake
No high school diploma	7.2%	27.1%
High school graduate	26.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hainesville	Long Lake
Drove alone	73.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hainesville	Long Lake
1-unit, detached	60.7%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hainesville	Long Lake
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.81	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1996	1957