Lake Summerset vs Pearl City

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

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

Lake Summerset has the higher population (2,240 vs 798 in Pearl City). Lake Summerset has the higher median household income ($105,588 vs $63,500 in Pearl City). Lake Summerset has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $121,300 in Pearl City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
Population	2,240	798
Median age	46.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,588	$63,500
Median home value	$226,700	$121,300
Median gross rent	$1,206	$747
Housing units	1,078	306
Homeownership rate	87.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
Population	2,057 → 2,240 (+8.9%)	738 → 798 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$79,511 → $105,588 (+32.8%)	$64,286 → $63,500 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $226,700 (+37.1%)	$96,600 → $121,300 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,206 (+28.2%)	$631 → $747 (+18.4%)

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

Pearl City

Population

738798

Median household income

$64,286$63,500

Median home value

$96,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$631$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
Under 5	1.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	2.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	6.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	18.4%	8.3%
75 and over	14.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
Drove alone	82.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
1-unit, detached	94.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Summerset	Pearl City
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	1990	1973