Lakewood vs Pistakee Highlands

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (4,699 vs 3,214 in Pistakee Highlands). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($185,774 vs $92,304 in Pistakee Highlands). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $198,700 in Pistakee Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
Population	4,699	3,214
Median age	40.2 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$185,774	$92,304
Median home value	$518,500	$198,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,864
Housing units	1,554	1,326
Homeownership rate	97.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
Population	3,780 → 4,699 (+24.3%)	3,217 → 3,214 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$144,240 → $185,774 (+28.8%)	$70,404 → $92,304 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$388,800 → $518,500 (+33.4%)	$152,600 → $198,700 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,222 → $1,864 (+52.5%)

Lakewood

Population

3,7804,699

Median household income

$144,240$185,774

Median home value

$388,800$518,500

Pistakee Highlands

Population

3,2173,214

Median household income

$70,404$92,304

Median home value

$152,600$198,700

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
Under 5	3.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	27.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	3.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	22.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.0%
75 and over	4.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	12.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
Drove alone	67.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.7%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	11.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
1-unit, detached	92.9%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Pistakee Highlands
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.6%
Average household size	3.13	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1998	1965