Lake Holiday vs Sheridan

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

Lake Holiday and Sheridan 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 2,610 in Sheridan). Lake Holiday has the higher median household income ($112,250 vs $73,214 in Sheridan). Lake Holiday has the higher median home value ($235,300 vs $183,200 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
Population	5,402	2,610
Median age	48.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,250	$73,214
Median home value	$235,300	$183,200
Median gross rent	$1,859	$964
Housing units	2,496	432
Homeownership rate	92.5%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
Population	4,512 → 5,402 (+19.7%)	2,713 → 2,610 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$85,648 → $112,250 (+31.1%)	$61,875 → $73,214 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $235,300 (+19.6%)	$148,600 → $183,200 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,859 (+26.3%)	$1,008 → $964 (-4.4%)

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

Sheridan

Population

2,7132,610

Median household income

$61,875$73,214

Median home value

$148,600$183,200

Median gross rent

$1,008$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
Under 5	4.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	7.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	30.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	23.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.0%	3.4%
75 and over	5.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	48.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	37.8%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
No high school diploma	2.1%	30.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
Drove alone	86.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	83.1%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Holiday	Sheridan
Poverty rate	10.9%	16.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	43	44
Median year structure built	1988	1956