Lake City vs Lovington

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

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

Lovington has the higher population (1,120 vs 103 in Lake City). Since 2019, Lake City's population has grown faster (-3.7% vs -6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Lovington
Population	103	1,120
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,394
Median home value	—	$90,400
Median gross rent	—	$748
Housing units	53	540
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Lovington
Population	107 → 103 (-3.7%)	1,202 → 1,120 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$65,750 → $46,500 (-29.3%)	$45,526 → $54,394 (+19.5%)
Median home value	—	$73,300 → $90,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$534 → $748 (+40.1%)

Lake City

Population

107103

Median household income

$65,750$46,500

Lovington

Population

1,2021,120

Median household income

$45,526$54,394

Median home value

$73,300$90,400

Median gross rent

$534$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Lovington
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	25.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	28.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	21.4%	8.7%
75 and over	13.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Lovington
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	16.5%	1.2%
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	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Lovington
No high school diploma	11.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	44.7%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Lovington
Drove alone	100.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Lovington
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Lovington
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1989	1956