Johnsburg vs Lakewood

A side-by-side comparison of Johnsburg and Lakewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Johnsburg has the higher population (6,374 vs 4,699 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($185,774 vs $106,827 in Johnsburg). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $312,200 in Johnsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
Population	6,374	4,699
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,827	$185,774
Median home value	$312,200	$518,500
Median gross rent	$1,330	—
Housing units	2,631	1,554
Homeownership rate	88.4%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
Population	6,384 → 6,374 (-0.2%)	3,780 → 4,699 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$117,684 → $106,827 (-9.2%)	$144,240 → $185,774 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$277,500 → $312,200 (+12.5%)	$388,800 → $518,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,410 → $1,330 (-5.7%)	—

Johnsburg

Population

6,3846,374

Median household income

$117,684$106,827

Median home value

$277,500$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,330

Lakewood

Population

3,7804,699

Median household income

$144,240$185,774

Median home value

$388,800$518,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
Under 5	6.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	3.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	22.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.4%
75 and over	6.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	83.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
Drove alone	82.4%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.7%
Public transit	1.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	24.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	90.2%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Johnsburg	Lakewood
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.71	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1986	1998