Lake Catherine vs Mettawa

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

Lake Catherine and Mettawa 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 665 in Mettawa). Mettawa has the higher median household income ($175,074 vs $94,821 in Lake Catherine). Mettawa has the higher median home value ($750,000 vs $237,100 in Lake Catherine).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
Population	1,091	665
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,821	$175,074
Median home value	$237,100	$750,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	667	283
Homeownership rate	78.3%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
Population	1,454 → 1,091 (-25.0%)	556 → 665 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$78,063 → $94,821 (+21.5%)	$126,875 → $175,074 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $237,100 (+26.0%)	$869,000 → $750,000 (-13.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,250 (-2.7%)	—

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

Mettawa

Population

556665

Median household income

$126,875$175,074

Median home value

$869,000$750,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
Under 5	0.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	23.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.9%
75 and over	8.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
Drove alone	77.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.5%	21.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
1-unit, detached	91.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	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

	Lake Catherine	Mettawa
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1959	1986