Richmond vs Wonder Lake

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

Richmond 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 2,530 in Richmond). Wonder Lake has the higher median household income ($102,829 vs $70,379 in Richmond). Wonder Lake has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $225,800 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
Population	2,530	4,141
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,379	$102,829
Median home value	$225,800	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,577
Housing units	1,373	1,668
Homeownership rate	55.4%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
Population	2,061 → 2,530 (+22.8%)	4,466 → 4,141 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$49,205 → $70,379 (+43.0%)	$87,938 → $102,829 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $225,800 (+20.1%)	$192,100 → $242,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,183 (+26.1%)	$1,007 → $1,577 (+56.6%)

Richmond

Population

2,0612,530

Median household income

$49,205$70,379

Median home value

$188,000$225,800

Median gross rent

$938$1,183

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)

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
Under 5	3.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	13.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.9%
75 and over	7.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
Drove alone	79.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
1-unit, detached	43.6%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Wonder Lake
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1991	1968