Harvard vs Lakemoor

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

Harvard and Lakemoor 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 5,878 in Lakemoor). Lakemoor has the higher median household income ($96,929 vs $71,418 in Harvard). Lakemoor has the higher median home value ($261,300 vs $174,000 in Harvard).

Population, income & housing

	Harvard	Lakemoor
Population	9,875	5,878
Median age	30.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,418	$96,929
Median home value	$174,000	$261,300
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,711
Housing units	3,443	2,520
Homeownership rate	61.1%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvard	Lakemoor
Population	9,281 → 9,875 (+6.4%)	5,756 → 5,878 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$53,362 → $71,418 (+33.8%)	$80,258 → $96,929 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $174,000 (+39.4%)	$182,000 → $261,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,184 (+22.6%)	$1,368 → $1,711 (+25.1%)

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

Lakemoor

Population

5,7565,878

Median household income

$80,258$96,929

Median home value

$182,000$261,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvard	Lakemoor
Under 5	7.3%	9.7%
5 to 17	24.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.2%
75 and over	2.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvard	Lakemoor
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvard	Lakemoor
No high school diploma	18.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvard	Lakemoor
Drove alone	76.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	15.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvard	Lakemoor
1-unit, detached	63.6%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	20.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Harvard	Lakemoor
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.1%
Average household size	3.04	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1980	1997