Crystal Lake vs Lake in the Hills

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

Crystal Lake 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.

Crystal Lake has the higher population (40,436 vs 28,853 in Lake in the Hills). Lake in the Hills has the higher median household income ($113,491 vs $105,428 in Crystal Lake). Lake in the Hills has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $287,400 in Crystal Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
Population	40,436	28,853
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,428	$113,491
Median home value	$287,400	$296,400
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,634
Housing units	15,396	10,150
Homeownership rate	78.0%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
Population	39,974 → 40,436 (+1.2%)	28,759 → 28,853 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$87,578 → $105,428 (+20.4%)	$92,872 → $113,491 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$221,300 → $287,400 (+29.9%)	$227,100 → $296,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,431 (+12.3%)	$1,409 → $1,634 (+16.0%)

Crystal Lake

Population

39,97440,436

Median household income

$87,578$105,428

Median home value

$221,300$287,400

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,431

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)

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
Under 5	4.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.9%
75 and over	5.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	67.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
Drove alone	73.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
1-unit, detached	67.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Lake in the Hills
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1986	1995