Lakewood vs Marengo

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

Lakewood 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 4,699 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($185,774 vs $72,586 in Marengo). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $206,100 in Marengo).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Marengo
Population	4,699	7,123
Median age	40.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$185,774	$72,586
Median home value	$518,500	$206,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,077
Housing units	1,554	2,898
Homeownership rate	97.6%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Marengo
Population	3,780 → 4,699 (+24.3%)	7,969 → 7,123 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$144,240 → $185,774 (+28.8%)	$63,694 → $72,586 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$388,800 → $518,500 (+33.4%)	$154,200 → $206,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$912 → $1,077 (+18.1%)

Lakewood

Population

3,7804,699

Median household income

$144,240$185,774

Median home value

$388,800$518,500

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)

	Lakewood	Marengo
Under 5	3.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	27.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	3.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	22.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.3%
75 and over	4.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Marengo
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Marengo
Drove alone	67.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.8%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Marengo
1-unit, detached	92.9%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Marengo
Poverty rate	3.2%	15.6%
Average household size	3.13	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1998	1974