Elmwood vs Lake Camelot

A side-by-side comparison of Elmwood and Lake Camelot: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmwood has the higher population (2,254 vs 1,744 in Lake Camelot). Lake Camelot has the higher median household income ($128,333 vs $87,644 in Elmwood). Lake Camelot has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $144,600 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
Population	2,254	1,744
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,644	$128,333
Median home value	$144,600	$220,300
Median gross rent	$761	—
Housing units	952	668
Homeownership rate	75.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
Population	2,367 → 2,254 (-4.8%)	1,755 → 1,744 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $87,644 (+28.5%)	$99,904 → $128,333 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $144,600 (+4.7%)	$179,400 → $220,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $761 (+19.1%)	—

Elmwood

Population

2,3672,254

Median household income

$68,194$87,644

Median home value

$138,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$639$761

Lake Camelot

Population

1,7551,744

Median household income

$99,904$128,333

Median home value

$179,400$220,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
Under 5	9.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.9%	29.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.9%
75 and over	7.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
Drove alone	70.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	15.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
1-unit, detached	80.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Lake Camelot
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1940	1978