Algonquin vs Lake in the Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Algonquin and Lake in the Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Algonquin has the higher population (29,904 vs 28,853 in Lake in the Hills). Algonquin has the higher median household income ($131,753 vs $113,491 in Lake in the Hills). Algonquin has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $296,400 in Lake in the Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
Population	29,904	28,853
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$131,753	$113,491
Median home value	$324,000	$296,400
Median gross rent	$1,800	$1,634
Housing units	11,080	10,150
Homeownership rate	87.8%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
Population	30,799 → 29,904 (-2.9%)	28,759 → 28,853 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$102,856 → $131,753 (+28.1%)	$92,872 → $113,491 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$255,700 → $324,000 (+26.7%)	$227,100 → $296,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,677 → $1,800 (+7.3%)	$1,409 → $1,634 (+16.0%)

Algonquin

Population

30,79929,904

Median household income

$102,856$131,753

Median home value

$255,700$324,000

Median gross rent

$1,677$1,800

Lake in the Hills

Population

28,75928,853

Median household income

$92,872$113,491

Median home value

$227,100$296,400

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.9%
75 and over	6.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
Drove alone	72.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
1-unit, detached	74.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Algonquin	Lake in the Hills
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1994	1995