Cedarville vs Willow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cedarville and Willow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willow Lake has the higher population (838 vs 705 in Cedarville). Willow Lake has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $59,712 in Cedarville). Willow Lake has the higher median home value ($154,100 vs $110,600 in Cedarville).

Population, income & housing

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
Population	705	838
Median age	48.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,712	$93,750
Median home value	$110,600	$154,100
Median gross rent	$544	—
Housing units	361	391
Homeownership rate	92.8%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
Population	652 → 705 (+8.1%)	752 → 838 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $59,712 (+3.8%)	$63,889 → $93,750 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $110,600 (+13.8%)	$125,900 → $154,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $544 (-24.1%)	—

Cedarville

Population

652705

Median household income

$57,500$59,712

Median home value

$97,200$110,600

Median gross rent

$717$544

Willow Lake

Population

752838

Median household income

$63,889$93,750

Median home value

$125,900$154,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
Under 5	3.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	25.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	21.4%
75 and over	14.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
Drove alone	75.6%	89.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
1-unit, detached	91.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedarville	Willow Lake
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1958	1975