Lakewood vs Spring Grove

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

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

Spring Grove has the higher population (5,866 vs 4,699 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($185,774 vs $133,224 in Spring Grove). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $371,200 in Spring Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
Population	4,699	5,866
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$185,774	$133,224
Median home value	$518,500	$371,200
Housing units	1,554	1,867
Homeownership rate	97.6%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
Population	3,780 → 4,699 (+24.3%)	5,614 → 5,866 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$144,240 → $185,774 (+28.8%)	$123,150 → $133,224 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$388,800 → $518,500 (+33.4%)	$302,700 → $371,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,101 → $2,226 (+5.9%)

Lakewood

Population

3,7804,699

Median household income

$144,240$185,774

Median home value

$388,800$518,500

Spring Grove

Population

5,6145,866

Median household income

$123,150$133,224

Median home value

$302,700$371,200

Median gross rent

$2,101$2,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
Under 5	3.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	27.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	3.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	22.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.5%
75 and over	4.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	12.8%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
Drove alone	67.1%	74.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.4%
Public transit	4.9%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	19.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	92.9%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	3.2%	1.0%
Average household size	3.13	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1998	1997