Long Lake vs Wadsworth

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

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

Wadsworth has the higher population (3,535 vs 3,219 in Long Lake). Wadsworth has the higher median household income ($121,583 vs $100,824 in Long Lake). Wadsworth has the higher median home value ($377,900 vs $185,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
Population	3,219	3,535
Median age	32.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,824	$121,583
Median home value	$185,400	$377,900
Median gross rent	$1,529	$1,052
Housing units	1,167	1,365
Homeownership rate	70.5%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
Population	3,557 → 3,219 (-9.5%)	3,563 → 3,535 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$87,895 → $100,824 (+14.7%)	$100,982 → $121,583 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $185,400 (+19.0%)	$294,900 → $377,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,529 (+26.4%)	$1,221 → $1,052 (-13.8%)

Long Lake

Population

3,5573,219

Median household income

$87,895$100,824

Median home value

$155,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,529

Wadsworth

Population

3,5633,535

Median household income

$100,982$121,583

Median home value

$294,900$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
Under 5	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	17.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	5.4%	7.2%
75 and over	3.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	73.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	45.1%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
No high school diploma	27.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
Drove alone	71.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	20.1%	1.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	15.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
1-unit, detached	91.1%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	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

	Long Lake	Wadsworth
Poverty rate	11.6%	4.7%
Average household size	3.06	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1957	1988