Indian Creek vs Tower Lakes

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

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

Tower Lakes has the higher population (1,148 vs 892 in Indian Creek). Tower Lakes has the higher median household income ($172,656 vs $152,500 in Indian Creek). Tower Lakes has the higher median home value ($495,900 vs $443,100 in Indian Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
Population	892	1,148
Median age	46.4 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$152,500	$172,656
Median home value	$443,100	$495,900
Median gross rent	$3,029	$2,375
Housing units	261	459
Homeownership rate	87.5%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
Population	627 → 892 (+42.3%)	1,290 → 1,148 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$147,500 → $152,500 (+3.4%)	$147,000 → $172,656 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$397,200 → $443,100 (+11.6%)	$481,000 → $495,900 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,250 → $3,029 (+34.6%)	$2,156 → $2,375 (+10.2%)

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

Tower Lakes

Population

1,2901,148

Median household income

$147,000$172,656

Median home value

$481,000$495,900

Median gross rent

$2,156$2,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
Under 5	3.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	18.8%	15.7%
75 and over	5.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	39.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	6.5%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
Drove alone	73.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.6%
Public transit	2.9%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Creek	Tower Lakes
1-unit, detached	98.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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	Tower Lakes
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.0%
Average household size	3.42	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	2002	1964