Lakemoor vs Lakewood

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

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

Lakemoor has the higher population (5,878 vs 4,699 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($185,774 vs $96,929 in Lakemoor). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $261,300 in Lakemoor).

Population, income & housing

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
Population	5,878	4,699
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,929	$185,774
Median home value	$261,300	$518,500
Median gross rent	$1,711	—
Housing units	2,520	1,554
Homeownership rate	60.7%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
Population	5,756 → 5,878 (+2.1%)	3,780 → 4,699 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$80,258 → $96,929 (+20.8%)	$144,240 → $185,774 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $261,300 (+43.6%)	$388,800 → $518,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,711 (+25.1%)	—

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

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)

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
Under 5	9.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	27.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	3.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	22.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.4%
75 and over	3.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
Drove alone	81.3%	67.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.5%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	24.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	50.4%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakemoor	Lakewood
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.52	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1997	1998