Lake Holiday vs Ottawa

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Holiday and Ottawa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ottawa has the higher population (18,714 vs 5,402 in Lake Holiday). Lake Holiday has the higher median household income ($112,250 vs $73,011 in Ottawa). Lake Holiday has the higher median home value ($235,300 vs $144,500 in Ottawa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
Population	5,402	18,714
Median age	48.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,250	$73,011
Median home value	$235,300	$144,500
Median gross rent	$1,859	$922
Housing units	2,496	8,394
Homeownership rate	92.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
Population	4,512 → 5,402 (+19.7%)	18,792 → 18,714 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$85,648 → $112,250 (+31.1%)	$51,288 → $73,011 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $235,300 (+19.6%)	$128,000 → $144,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,859 (+26.3%)	$819 → $922 (+12.6%)

Lake Holiday

Population

4,5125,402

Median household income

$85,648$112,250

Median home value

$196,800$235,300

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,859

Ottawa

Population

18,79218,714

Median household income

$51,288$73,011

Median home value

$128,000$144,500

Median gross rent

$819$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
Under 5	4.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	17.0%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	83.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
No high school diploma	2.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
Drove alone	86.2%	84.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
1-unit, detached	83.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Holiday	Ottawa
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	43	23
Median year structure built	1988	1958