Lake Villa vs Long Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Villa and Long Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Villa has the higher population (8,707 vs 8,266 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($235,368 vs $111,110 in Lake Villa). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($746,700 vs $325,900 in Lake Villa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
Population	8,707	8,266
Median age	40.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,110	$235,368
Median home value	$325,900	$746,700
Median gross rent	$1,430	$3,501
Housing units	3,192	2,774
Homeownership rate	70.0%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
Population	8,705 → 8,707 (+0.0%)	7,963 → 8,266 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$105,341 → $111,110 (+5.5%)	$214,073 → $235,368 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$259,900 → $325,900 (+25.4%)	$648,700 → $746,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,430 (+23.1%)	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)

Lake Villa

Population

8,7058,707

Median household income

$105,341$111,110

Median home value

$259,900$325,900

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,430

Long Grove

Population

7,9638,266

Median household income

$214,073$235,368

Median home value

$648,700$746,700

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
Under 5	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	23.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.4%
75 and over	5.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	72.9%
Black or African American	6.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	7.8%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
Drove alone	76.1%	67.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	1.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	28.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
1-unit, detached	68.6%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Villa	Long Grove
Poverty rate	3.3%	1.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1994	1989