Lake in the Hills vs McHenry

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

Lake in the Hills and McHenry 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 27,774 in McHenry). Lake in the Hills has the higher median household income ($113,491 vs $86,865 in McHenry). Lake in the Hills has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $244,900 in McHenry).

Population, income & housing

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
Population	28,853	27,774
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,491	$86,865
Median home value	$296,400	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,634	$1,508
Housing units	10,150	11,671
Homeownership rate	84.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
Population	28,759 → 28,853 (+0.3%)	26,813 → 27,774 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$92,872 → $113,491 (+22.2%)	$75,811 → $86,865 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$227,100 → $296,400 (+30.5%)	$181,300 → $244,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,634 (+16.0%)	$1,221 → $1,508 (+23.5%)

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

McHenry

Population

26,81327,774

Median household income

$75,811$86,865

Median home value

$181,300$244,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.8%
75 and over	3.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	77.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	24.6%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
Drove alone	73.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	0.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	12.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
1-unit, detached	73.6%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake in the Hills	McHenry
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1995	1988