Athens vs Lake Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Athens and Lake Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Athens has the higher population (2,146 vs 769 in Lake Petersburg). Lake Petersburg has the higher median household income ($124,643 vs $85,000 in Athens). Lake Petersburg has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $164,200 in Athens).

Population, income & housing

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
Population	2,146	769
Median age	33.3 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$124,643
Median home value	$164,200	$336,200
Median gross rent	$893	—
Housing units	959	388
Homeownership rate	74.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
Population	2,120 → 2,146 (+1.2%)	449 → 769 (+71.3%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $85,000 (+18.3%)	$74,500 → $124,643 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$123,100 → $164,200 (+33.4%)	$270,400 → $336,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $893 (+13.3%)	—

Athens

Population

2,1202,146

Median household income

$71,875$85,000

Median home value

$123,100$164,200

Median gross rent

$788$893

Lake Petersburg

Population

449769

Median household income

$74,500$124,643

Median home value

$270,400$336,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
Under 5	4.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	4.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	25.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	25.2%
75 and over	5.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
Drove alone	78.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
1-unit, detached	90.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Athens	Lake Petersburg
Poverty rate	9.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1982	1974