Heritage Lake vs Minier

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

Heritage Lake and Minier 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 999 in Minier). Heritage Lake has the higher median household income ($117,422 vs $77,500 in Minier). Heritage Lake has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $138,200 in Minier).

Population, income & housing

	Heritage Lake	Minier
Population	1,708	999
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,422	$77,500
Median home value	$210,600	$138,200
Median gross rent	—	$743
Housing units	609	471
Homeownership rate	97.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heritage Lake	Minier
Population	1,690 → 1,708 (+1.1%)	1,172 → 999 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$88,523 → $117,422 (+32.6%)	$60,288 → $77,500 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $210,600 (+15.7%)	$118,100 → $138,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$842 → $743 (-11.8%)

Heritage Lake

Population

1,6901,708

Median household income

$88,523$117,422

Median home value

$182,100$210,600

Minier

Population

1,172999

Median household income

$60,288$77,500

Median home value

$118,100$138,200

Median gross rent

$842$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heritage Lake	Minier
Under 5	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heritage Lake	Minier
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heritage Lake	Minier
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	26.2%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heritage Lake	Minier
Drove alone	75.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	16.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heritage Lake	Minier
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Heritage Lake	Minier
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1990	1964