Lake Summerset vs Willow Lake

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

Lake Summerset and Willow Lake 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 838 in Willow Lake). Lake Summerset has the higher median household income ($105,588 vs $93,750 in Willow Lake). Lake Summerset has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $154,100 in Willow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
Population	2,240	838
Median age	46.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,588	$93,750
Median home value	$226,700	$154,100
Median gross rent	$1,206	—
Housing units	1,078	391
Homeownership rate	87.8%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
Population	2,057 → 2,240 (+8.9%)	752 → 838 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$79,511 → $105,588 (+32.8%)	$63,889 → $93,750 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $226,700 (+37.1%)	$125,900 → $154,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,206 (+28.2%)	—

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

Willow Lake

Population

752838

Median household income

$63,889$93,750

Median home value

$125,900$154,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
Under 5	1.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.6%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	2.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	25.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	21.4%
75 and over	14.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	26.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
Drove alone	82.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
1-unit, detached	94.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Summerset	Willow Lake
Poverty rate	4.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1990	1975