Pearl City vs Willow Lake

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

Pearl City 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 798 in Pearl City). Willow Lake has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $63,500 in Pearl City). Willow Lake has the higher median home value ($154,100 vs $121,300 in Pearl City).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
Population	798	838
Median age	32.5 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$93,750
Median home value	$121,300	$154,100
Median gross rent	$747	—
Housing units	306	391
Homeownership rate	74.8%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
Population	738 → 798 (+8.1%)	752 → 838 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$64,286 → $63,500 (-1.2%)	$63,889 → $93,750 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $121,300 (+25.6%)	$125,900 → $154,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $747 (+18.4%)	—

Pearl City

Population

738798

Median household income

$64,286$63,500

Median home value

$96,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$631$747

Willow Lake

Population

752838

Median household income

$63,889$93,750

Median home value

$125,900$154,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
Under 5	11.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.2%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	25.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	21.4%
75 and over	2.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
Drove alone	85.6%	89.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
1-unit, detached	85.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pearl City	Willow Lake
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1973	1975