Lakewood vs Tower Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood and Tower Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakewood and Tower Hill are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tower Hill has the higher population (387 vs 18 in Lakewood). Since 2019, Lakewood's population has grown faster (-43.8% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
Population	18	387
Median age	—	38.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,917
Median home value	—	$61,300
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	9	189
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
Population	32 → 18 (-43.8%)	816 → 387 (-52.6%)
Median household income	—	$54,375 → $52,917 (-2.7%)
Median home value	—	$49,400 → $61,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$653 → $792 (+21.3%)

Lakewood

Population

3218

Tower Hill

Population

816387

Median household income

$54,375$52,917

Median home value

$49,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$653$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
Under 5	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	100.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
Drove alone	100.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Tower Hill
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	—	1958