Old Mill Creek vs Tower Lakes

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

Old Mill Creek 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 131 in Old Mill Creek). Tower Lakes has the higher median household income ($172,656 vs $71,875 in Old Mill Creek). Old Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($525,000 vs $495,900 in Tower Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
Population	131	1,148
Median age	42.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$172,656
Median home value	$525,000	$495,900
Median gross rent	$1,596	$2,375
Housing units	77	459
Homeownership rate	40.0%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.2%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
Population	194 → 131 (-32.5%)	1,290 → 1,148 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$97,870 → $71,875 (-26.6%)	$147,000 → $172,656 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $525,000 (-3.1%)	$481,000 → $495,900 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,214 → $1,596 (+31.5%)	$2,156 → $2,375 (+10.2%)

Old Mill Creek

Population

194131

Median household income

$97,870$71,875

Median home value

$541,700$525,000

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,596

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)

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
Under 5	9.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	5.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	21.4%	15.7%
75 and over	6.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	5.2%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
Drove alone	60.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	19.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
1-unit, detached	98.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	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

	Old Mill Creek	Tower Lakes
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1946	1964