Lake Summerset vs Lena

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Summerset and Lena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lena has the higher population (2,778 vs 2,240 in Lake Summerset). Lake Summerset has the higher median household income ($105,588 vs $76,076 in Lena). Lake Summerset has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $154,000 in Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Summerset	Lena
Population	2,240	2,778
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,588	$76,076
Median home value	$226,700	$154,000
Median gross rent	$1,206	$647
Housing units	1,078	1,250
Homeownership rate	87.8%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Summerset	Lena
Population	2,057 → 2,240 (+8.9%)	2,879 → 2,778 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$79,511 → $105,588 (+32.8%)	$56,367 → $76,076 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $226,700 (+37.1%)	$110,700 → $154,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,206 (+28.2%)	$421 → $647 (+53.7%)

Lake Summerset

Population

2,0572,240

Median household income

$79,511$105,588

Median home value

$165,300$226,700

Median gross rent

$941$1,206

Lena

Population

2,8792,778

Median household income

$56,367$76,076

Median home value

$110,700$154,000

Median gross rent

$421$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Summerset	Lena
Under 5	1.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	2.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	18.4%	9.5%
75 and over	14.6%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Summerset	Lena
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Summerset	Lena
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	26.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Summerset	Lena
Drove alone	82.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Summerset	Lena
1-unit, detached	94.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Summerset	Lena
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1990	1970