Mettawa vs Tower Lakes

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

Mettawa 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 665 in Mettawa). Mettawa has the higher median household income ($175,074 vs $172,656 in Tower Lakes). Mettawa has the higher median home value ($750,000 vs $495,900 in Tower Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
Population	665	1,148
Median age	43.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$175,074	$172,656
Median home value	$750,000	$495,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,375
Housing units	283	459
Homeownership rate	94.5%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
Population	556 → 665 (+19.6%)	1,290 → 1,148 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$126,875 → $175,074 (+38.0%)	$147,000 → $172,656 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$869,000 → $750,000 (-13.7%)	$481,000 → $495,900 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,156 → $2,375 (+10.2%)

Mettawa

Population

556665

Median household income

$126,875$175,074

Median home value

$869,000$750,000

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)

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
Under 5	9.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.7%
75 and over	6.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.5%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.0%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
Drove alone	69.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	1.6%
Public transit	3.4%	3.5%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Mettawa	Tower Lakes
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1986	1964