Lake Holiday vs Seneca

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

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

Lake Holiday has the higher population (5,402 vs 2,525 in Seneca). Lake Holiday has the higher median household income ($112,250 vs $91,065 in Seneca). Lake Holiday has the higher median home value ($235,300 vs $206,400 in Seneca).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
Population	5,402	2,525
Median age	48.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,250	$91,065
Median home value	$235,300	$206,400
Median gross rent	$1,859	$988
Housing units	2,496	971
Homeownership rate	92.5%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
Population	4,512 → 5,402 (+19.7%)	2,442 → 2,525 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$85,648 → $112,250 (+31.1%)	$72,273 → $91,065 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $235,300 (+19.6%)	$161,000 → $206,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,859 (+26.3%)	$741 → $988 (+33.3%)

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

Seneca

Population

2,4422,525

Median household income

$72,273$91,065

Median home value

$161,000$206,400

Median gross rent

$741$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
Under 5	4.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	6.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	17.0%	7.0%
75 and over	5.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
Drove alone	86.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
1-unit, detached	83.1%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Holiday	Seneca
Poverty rate	10.9%	19.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	43	30
Median year structure built	1988	1975