Pistakee Highlands vs Wonder Lake

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

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

Wonder Lake has the higher population (4,141 vs 3,214 in Pistakee Highlands). Wonder Lake has the higher median household income ($102,829 vs $92,304 in Pistakee Highlands). Wonder Lake has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $198,700 in Pistakee Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
Population	3,214	4,141
Median age	44.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,304	$102,829
Median home value	$198,700	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,864	$1,577
Housing units	1,326	1,668
Homeownership rate	88.5%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
Population	3,217 → 3,214 (-0.1%)	4,466 → 4,141 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$70,404 → $92,304 (+31.1%)	$87,938 → $102,829 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $198,700 (+30.2%)	$192,100 → $242,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,864 (+52.5%)	$1,007 → $1,577 (+56.6%)

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

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)

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
Under 5	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	20.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.9%
75 and over	4.3%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	3.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
Drove alone	82.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	14.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
1-unit, detached	99.2%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Pistakee Highlands	Wonder Lake
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1965	1968