Mettawa vs Third Lake

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

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

Third Lake has the higher population (1,203 vs 665 in Mettawa). Mettawa has the higher median household income ($175,074 vs $150,893 in Third Lake). Mettawa has the higher median home value ($750,000 vs $329,500 in Third Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mettawa	Third Lake
Population	665	1,203
Median age	43.7 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$175,074	$150,893
Median home value	$750,000	$329,500
Housing units	283	501
Homeownership rate	94.5%	99.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	70.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mettawa	Third Lake
Population	556 → 665 (+19.6%)	1,079 → 1,203 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$126,875 → $175,074 (+38.0%)	$116,563 → $150,893 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$869,000 → $750,000 (-13.7%)	$267,400 → $329,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,469 → $1,125 (-23.4%)

Mettawa

Population

556665

Median household income

$126,875$175,074

Median home value

$869,000$750,000

Third Lake

Population

1,0791,203

Median household income

$116,563$150,893

Median home value

$267,400$329,500

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mettawa	Third Lake
Under 5	9.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	19.3%
75 and over	6.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mettawa	Third Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mettawa	Third Lake
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.4%
High school graduate	12.5%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.0%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	35.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mettawa	Third Lake
Drove alone	69.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.5%
Public transit	3.4%	1.7%
Walked	2.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mettawa	Third Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mettawa	Third Lake
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1986	1985