Lake Camelot vs Rome

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

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

Lake Camelot has the higher population (1,744 vs 1,628 in Rome). Lake Camelot has the higher median household income ($128,333 vs $95,263 in Rome). Lake Camelot has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $155,700 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Camelot	Rome
Population	1,744	1,628
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$128,333	$95,263
Median home value	$220,300	$155,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,107
Housing units	668	690
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Camelot	Rome
Population	1,755 → 1,744 (-0.6%)	1,525 → 1,628 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$99,904 → $128,333 (+28.5%)	$62,031 → $95,263 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$179,400 → $220,300 (+22.8%)	$133,100 → $155,700 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$894 → $1,107 (+23.8%)

Lake Camelot

Population

1,7551,744

Median household income

$99,904$128,333

Median home value

$179,400$220,300

Rome

Population

1,5251,628

Median household income

$62,031$95,263

Median home value

$133,100$155,700

Median gross rent

$894$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Camelot	Rome
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	29.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.4%
75 and over	3.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Camelot	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	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	16.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Camelot	Rome
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Camelot	Rome
Drove alone	84.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Camelot	Rome
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Camelot	Rome
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1978	1960