Heritage Lake vs Tremont

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

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

Tremont has the higher population (2,300 vs 1,708 in Heritage Lake). Heritage Lake has the higher median household income ($117,422 vs $77,420 in Tremont). Heritage Lake has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $200,600 in Tremont).

Population, income & housing

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
Population	1,708	2,300
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$117,422	$77,420
Median home value	$210,600	$200,600
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	609	1,151
Homeownership rate	97.4%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
Population	1,690 → 1,708 (+1.1%)	2,082 → 2,300 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$88,523 → $117,422 (+32.6%)	$66,744 → $77,420 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $210,600 (+15.7%)	$164,200 → $200,600 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$638 → $900 (+41.1%)

Heritage Lake

Population

1,6901,708

Median household income

$88,523$117,422

Median home value

$182,100$210,600

Tremont

Population

2,0822,300

Median household income

$66,744$77,420

Median home value

$164,200$200,600

Median gross rent

$638$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	13.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
Drove alone	75.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	16.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heritage Lake	Tremont
Poverty rate	10.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1990	1964