Lakemoor vs Marengo

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

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

Marengo has the higher population (7,123 vs 5,878 in Lakemoor). Lakemoor has the higher median household income ($96,929 vs $72,586 in Marengo). Lakemoor has the higher median home value ($261,300 vs $206,100 in Marengo).

Population, income & housing

	Lakemoor	Marengo
Population	5,878	7,123
Median age	38.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,929	$72,586
Median home value	$261,300	$206,100
Median gross rent	$1,711	$1,077
Housing units	2,520	2,898
Homeownership rate	60.7%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakemoor	Marengo
Population	5,756 → 5,878 (+2.1%)	7,969 → 7,123 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$80,258 → $96,929 (+20.8%)	$63,694 → $72,586 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $261,300 (+43.6%)	$154,200 → $206,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,711 (+25.1%)	$912 → $1,077 (+18.1%)

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

Marengo

Population

7,9697,123

Median household income

$63,694$72,586

Median home value

$154,200$206,100

Median gross rent

$912$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakemoor	Marengo
Under 5	9.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.3%
75 and over	3.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakemoor	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakemoor	Marengo
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	25.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakemoor	Marengo
Drove alone	81.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.4%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakemoor	Marengo
1-unit, detached	50.4%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakemoor	Marengo
Poverty rate	6.1%	15.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1997	1974