Cary vs Lake in the Hills

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

Cary 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.

Lake in the Hills has the higher population (28,853 vs 17,875 in Cary). Lake in the Hills has the higher median household income ($113,491 vs $109,790 in Cary). Lake in the Hills has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $287,000 in Cary).

Population, income & housing

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
Population	17,875	28,853
Median age	38.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,790	$113,491
Median home value	$287,000	$296,400
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,634
Housing units	6,506	10,150
Homeownership rate	85.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
Population	17,936 → 17,875 (-0.3%)	28,759 → 28,853 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$100,339 → $109,790 (+9.4%)	$92,872 → $113,491 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $287,000 (+23.4%)	$227,100 → $296,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,456 (+21.7%)	$1,409 → $1,634 (+16.0%)

Cary

Population

17,93617,875

Median household income

$100,339$109,790

Median home value

$232,500$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,456

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)

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.9%
75 and over	4.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	67.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
Drove alone	75.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	15.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
1-unit, detached	77.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cary	Lake in the Hills
Poverty rate	4.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1985	1995