Huntley vs Lake in the Hills

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

Huntley 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 27,859 in Huntley). Lake in the Hills has the higher median household income ($113,491 vs $86,349 in Huntley). Huntley has the higher median home value ($318,500 vs $296,400 in Lake in the Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
Population	27,859	28,853
Median age	49.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,349	$113,491
Median home value	$318,500	$296,400
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,634
Housing units	12,479	10,150
Homeownership rate	88.4%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
Population	26,966 → 27,859 (+3.3%)	28,759 → 28,853 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$75,100 → $86,349 (+15.0%)	$92,872 → $113,491 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $318,500 (+26.7%)	$227,100 → $296,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,231 → $1,385 (+12.5%)	$1,409 → $1,634 (+16.0%)

Huntley

Population

26,96627,859

Median household income

$75,100$86,349

Median home value

$251,400$318,500

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,385

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)

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
Under 5	3.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	5.9%
75 and over	20.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	67.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	24.7%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
Drove alone	74.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	15.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
1-unit, detached	72.7%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Huntley	Lake in the Hills
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	2004	1995