Lake in the Hills vs Woodstock

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

Lake in the Hills and Woodstock 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 26,316 in Woodstock). Lake in the Hills has the higher median household income ($113,491 vs $83,293 in Woodstock). Lake in the Hills has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $231,100 in Woodstock).

Population, income & housing

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
Population	28,853	26,316
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,491	$83,293
Median home value	$296,400	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,634	$1,174
Housing units	10,150	10,661
Homeownership rate	84.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
Population	28,759 → 28,853 (+0.3%)	25,348 → 26,316 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$92,872 → $113,491 (+22.2%)	$61,478 → $83,293 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$227,100 → $296,400 (+30.5%)	$179,700 → $231,100 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,634 (+16.0%)	$1,041 → $1,174 (+12.8%)

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

Woodstock

Population

25,34826,316

Median household income

$61,478$83,293

Median home value

$179,700$231,100

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.3%
75 and over	3.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	70.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
No high school diploma	4.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
Drove alone	73.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	11.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	73.6%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	13.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake in the Hills	Woodstock
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1995	1987