Custer Park vs Lakewood Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Custer Park and Lakewood Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Custer Park and Lakewood Shores are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakewood Shores has the higher population (433 vs 426 in Custer Park). Custer Park has the higher median household income ($173,274 vs $76,500 in Lakewood Shores). Custer Park has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $181,300 in Lakewood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
Population	426	433
Median age	29.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$173,274	$76,500
Median home value	$218,800	$181,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,339
Housing units	87	255
Homeownership rate	31.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
Population	497 → 426 (-14.3%)	1,459 → 433 (-70.3%)
Median household income	$88,393 → $173,274 (+96.0%)	$63,625 → $76,500 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$207,100 → $218,800 (+5.6%)	$151,400 → $181,300 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,286 → $1,339 (+4.1%)

Custer Park

Population

497426

Median household income

$88,393$173,274

Median home value

$207,100$218,800

Lakewood Shores

Population

1,459433

Median household income

$63,625$76,500

Median home value

$151,400$181,300

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
Under 5	0.0%	0.2%
5 to 17	29.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	34.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	1.4%	15.9%
75 and over	2.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	88.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
Drove alone	98.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Custer Park	Lakewood Shores
Poverty rate	4.7%	12.2%
Average household size	4.90	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1974	1963