Dorchester vs Lake Ka-Ho

A side-by-side comparison of Dorchester and Lake Ka-Ho: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Ka-Ho has the higher population (236 vs 185 in Dorchester). Dorchester has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $43,750 in Lake Ka-Ho). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $57,200 in Lake Ka-Ho).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
Population	185	236
Median age	42.8 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	$43,750
Median home value	$133,300	$57,200
Median gross rent	—	$613
Housing units	69	166
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
Population	111 → 185 (+66.7%)	234 → 236 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $121,250 (+137.5%)	$44,196 → $43,750 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $133,300 (+70.2%)	$55,600 → $57,200 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$764 → $613 (-19.8%)

Dorchester

Population

111185

Median household income

$51,042$121,250

Median home value

$78,300$133,300

Lake Ka-Ho

Population

234236

Median household income

$44,196$43,750

Median home value

$55,600$57,200

Median gross rent

$764$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	3.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	24.3%	31.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	16.9%
75 and over	5.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
No high school diploma	6.7%	15.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
Drove alone	93.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
1-unit, detached	98.6%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	42.2%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Lake Ka-Ho
Poverty rate	1.1%	24.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1947	1984