Indian Creek vs Lake Catherine

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Creek and Lake Catherine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Catherine has the higher population (1,091 vs 892 in Indian Creek). Indian Creek has the higher median household income ($152,500 vs $94,821 in Lake Catherine). Indian Creek has the higher median home value ($443,100 vs $237,100 in Lake Catherine).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
Population	892	1,091
Median age	46.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$152,500	$94,821
Median home value	$443,100	$237,100
Median gross rent	$3,029	$1,250
Housing units	261	667
Homeownership rate	87.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
Population	627 → 892 (+42.3%)	1,454 → 1,091 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$147,500 → $152,500 (+3.4%)	$78,063 → $94,821 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$397,200 → $443,100 (+11.6%)	$188,100 → $237,100 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,250 → $3,029 (+34.6%)	$1,285 → $1,250 (-2.7%)

Indian Creek

Population

627892

Median household income

$147,500$152,500

Median home value

$397,200$443,100

Median gross rent

$2,250$3,029

Lake Catherine

Population

1,4541,091

Median household income

$78,063$94,821

Median home value

$188,100$237,100

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
Under 5	3.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	23.4%
65 to 74	18.8%	13.2%
75 and over	5.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	39.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	6.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
Drove alone	73.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.6%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
1-unit, detached	98.1%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Creek	Lake Catherine
Poverty rate	2.6%	7.2%
Average household size	3.42	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	2002	1959