Lakewood vs Wonder Lake

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

Lakewood and Wonder Lake 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 4,141 in Wonder Lake). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($185,774 vs $102,829 in Wonder Lake). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $242,300 in Wonder Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
Population	4,699	4,141
Median age	40.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$185,774	$102,829
Median home value	$518,500	$242,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,577
Housing units	1,554	1,668
Homeownership rate	97.6%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
Population	3,780 → 4,699 (+24.3%)	4,466 → 4,141 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$144,240 → $185,774 (+28.8%)	$87,938 → $102,829 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$388,800 → $518,500 (+33.4%)	$192,100 → $242,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,007 → $1,577 (+56.6%)

Lakewood

Population

3,7804,699

Median household income

$144,240$185,774

Median home value

$388,800$518,500

Wonder Lake

Population

4,4664,141

Median household income

$87,938$102,829

Median home value

$192,100$242,300

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
Under 5	3.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	27.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	3.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	22.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.9%
75 and over	4.4%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	12.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
Drove alone	67.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.1%
Public transit	4.9%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Wonder Lake
1-unit, detached	92.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.7%
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	Wonder Lake
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.5%
Average household size	3.13	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1998	1968