Harvard vs Island Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Harvard and Island Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harvard has the higher population (9,875 vs 8,023 in Island Lake). Island Lake has the higher median household income ($98,125 vs $71,418 in Harvard). Island Lake has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $174,000 in Harvard).

Population, income & housing

	Harvard	Island Lake
Population	9,875	8,023
Median age	30.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,418	$98,125
Median home value	$174,000	$241,900
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,855
Housing units	3,443	3,045
Homeownership rate	61.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvard	Island Lake
Population	9,281 → 9,875 (+6.4%)	8,035 → 8,023 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$53,362 → $71,418 (+33.8%)	$83,292 → $98,125 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $174,000 (+39.4%)	$171,100 → $241,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,184 (+22.6%)	$1,388 → $1,855 (+33.6%)

Harvard

Population

9,2819,875

Median household income

$53,362$71,418

Median home value

$124,800$174,000

Median gross rent

$966$1,184

Island Lake

Population

8,0358,023

Median household income

$83,292$98,125

Median home value

$171,100$241,900

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvard	Island Lake
Under 5	7.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	24.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.1%
75 and over	2.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvard	Island Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	74.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvard	Island Lake
No high school diploma	18.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvard	Island Lake
Drove alone	76.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	5.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvard	Island Lake
1-unit, detached	63.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Harvard	Island Lake
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.5%
Average household size	3.04	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1980	1989