Bethany vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Bethany and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethany has the higher population (1,253 vs 103 in Lake City). Since 2019, Bethany's population has grown faster (+0.2% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Lake City
Population	1,253	103
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	—
Median home value	$101,700	—
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	599	53
Homeownership rate	67.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Lake City
Population	1,251 → 1,253 (+0.2%)	107 → 103 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$46,938 → $50,139 (+6.8%)	$65,750 → $46,500 (-29.3%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,700 (+25.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$635 → $838 (+32.0%)	—

Bethany

Population

1,2511,253

Median household income

$46,938$50,139

Median home value

$81,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$635$838

Lake City

Population

107103

Median household income

$65,750$46,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Lake City
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	25.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	28.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	21.4%
75 and over	8.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Lake City
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Lake City
Drove alone	91.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Lake City
1-unit, detached	91.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Lake City
Poverty rate	18.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1960	1989