Lake Holiday vs Peru

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

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

Peru has the higher population (9,863 vs 5,402 in Lake Holiday). Lake Holiday has the higher median household income ($112,250 vs $68,147 in Peru). Lake Holiday has the higher median home value ($235,300 vs $155,600 in Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Holiday	Peru
Population	5,402	9,863
Median age	48.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,250	$68,147
Median home value	$235,300	$155,600
Median gross rent	$1,859	$879
Housing units	2,496	4,912
Homeownership rate	92.5%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Holiday	Peru
Population	4,512 → 5,402 (+19.7%)	9,798 → 9,863 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$85,648 → $112,250 (+31.1%)	$51,321 → $68,147 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $235,300 (+19.6%)	$127,400 → $155,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,859 (+26.3%)	$744 → $879 (+18.1%)

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

Peru

Population

9,7989,863

Median household income

$51,321$68,147

Median home value

$127,400$155,600

Median gross rent

$744$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Holiday	Peru
Under 5	4.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	12.2%
75 and over	5.2%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Holiday	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Holiday	Peru
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Holiday	Peru
Drove alone	86.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Holiday	Peru
1-unit, detached	83.1%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Holiday	Peru
Poverty rate	10.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	43	19
Median year structure built	1988	1957