Heritage Lake vs Mackinaw

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

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

Mackinaw has the higher population (1,869 vs 1,708 in Heritage Lake). Heritage Lake has the higher median household income ($117,422 vs $71,875 in Mackinaw). Heritage Lake has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $159,200 in Mackinaw).

Population, income & housing

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
Population	1,708	1,869
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$117,422	$71,875
Median home value	$210,600	$159,200
Median gross rent	—	$874
Housing units	609	814
Homeownership rate	97.4%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
Population	1,690 → 1,708 (+1.1%)	1,949 → 1,869 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$88,523 → $117,422 (+32.6%)	$68,950 → $71,875 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $210,600 (+15.7%)	$138,700 → $159,200 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$757 → $874 (+15.5%)

Heritage Lake

Population

1,6901,708

Median household income

$88,523$117,422

Median home value

$182,100$210,600

Mackinaw

Population

1,9491,869

Median household income

$68,950$71,875

Median home value

$138,700$159,200

Median gross rent

$757$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
Under 5	4.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.0%
75 and over	6.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	26.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
Drove alone	75.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	16.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Heritage Lake	Mackinaw
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1990	1972