Lena vs Willow Lake

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

Lena and Willow Lake 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 838 in Willow Lake). Willow Lake has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $76,076 in Lena). Willow Lake has the higher median home value ($154,100 vs $154,000 in Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Lena	Willow Lake
Population	2,778	838
Median age	43.8 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,076	$93,750
Median home value	$154,000	$154,100
Median gross rent	$647	—
Housing units	1,250	391
Homeownership rate	80.7%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lena	Willow Lake
Population	2,879 → 2,778 (-3.5%)	752 → 838 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$56,367 → $76,076 (+35.0%)	$63,889 → $93,750 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $154,000 (+39.1%)	$125,900 → $154,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$421 → $647 (+53.7%)	—

Lena

Population

2,8792,778

Median household income

$56,367$76,076

Median home value

$110,700$154,000

Median gross rent

$421$647

Willow Lake

Population

752838

Median household income

$63,889$93,750

Median home value

$125,900$154,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lena	Willow Lake
Under 5	8.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	8.2%
18 to 24	2.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	25.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	21.4%
75 and over	13.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lena	Willow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lena	Willow Lake
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lena	Willow Lake
Drove alone	81.8%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lena	Willow Lake
1-unit, detached	79.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lena	Willow Lake
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1970	1975