Lake Catherine vs Tower Lakes

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

Lake Catherine 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 1,091 in Lake Catherine). Tower Lakes has the higher median household income ($172,656 vs $94,821 in Lake Catherine). Tower Lakes has the higher median home value ($495,900 vs $237,100 in Lake Catherine).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
Population	1,091	1,148
Median age	50.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,821	$172,656
Median home value	$237,100	$495,900
Median gross rent	$1,250	$2,375
Housing units	667	459
Homeownership rate	78.3%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
Population	1,454 → 1,091 (-25.0%)	1,290 → 1,148 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$78,063 → $94,821 (+21.5%)	$147,000 → $172,656 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $237,100 (+26.0%)	$481,000 → $495,900 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,250 (-2.7%)	$2,156 → $2,375 (+10.2%)

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

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)

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
Under 5	0.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	23.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.2%	15.7%
75 and over	8.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
Drove alone	77.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	20.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Catherine	Tower Lakes
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	Tower Lakes
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1959	1964