Delavan vs Heritage Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Delavan and Heritage Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heritage Lake has the higher population (1,708 vs 1,600 in Delavan). Heritage Lake has the higher median household income ($117,422 vs $69,038 in Delavan). Heritage Lake has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $118,400 in Delavan).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
Population	1,600	1,708
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$117,422
Median home value	$118,400	$210,600
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	741	609
Homeownership rate	78.6%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
Population	1,751 → 1,600 (-8.6%)	1,690 → 1,708 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$58,056 → $69,038 (+18.9%)	$88,523 → $117,422 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $118,400 (+7.3%)	$182,100 → $210,600 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $775 (+4.3%)	—

Delavan

Population

1,7511,600

Median household income

$58,056$69,038

Median home value

$110,300$118,400

Median gross rent

$743$775

Heritage Lake

Population

1,6901,708

Median household income

$88,523$117,422

Median home value

$182,100$210,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.7%
75 and over	10.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
Drove alone	88.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
1-unit, detached	87.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Heritage Lake
Poverty rate	12.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1951	1990