Lake Catherine vs Old Mill Creek

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

Lake Catherine and Old Mill Creek 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 131 in Old Mill Creek). Lake Catherine has the higher median household income ($94,821 vs $71,875 in Old Mill Creek). Old Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($525,000 vs $237,100 in Lake Catherine).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
Population	1,091	131
Median age	50.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,821	$71,875
Median home value	$237,100	$525,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,596
Housing units	667	77
Homeownership rate	78.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
Population	1,454 → 1,091 (-25.0%)	194 → 131 (-32.5%)
Median household income	$78,063 → $94,821 (+21.5%)	$97,870 → $71,875 (-26.6%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $237,100 (+26.0%)	$541,700 → $525,000 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,250 (-2.7%)	$1,214 → $1,596 (+31.5%)

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

Old Mill Creek

Population

194131

Median household income

$97,870$71,875

Median home value

$541,700$525,000

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
Under 5	0.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	9.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	23.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	21.4%
75 and over	8.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	44.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
Drove alone	77.6%	60.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	19.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	14.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Catherine	Old Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	91.3%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.3%
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	Old Mill Creek
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1959	1946