Eagle Lake vs Symerton

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Lake and Symerton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Lake has the higher population (164 vs 113 in Symerton). Since 2019, Eagle Lake's population has grown faster (+168.9% vs +11.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
Population	164	113
Median age	33.7 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$100,500
Median home value	—	$208,300
Housing units	55	42
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
Population	61 → 164 (+168.9%)	101 → 113 (+11.9%)
Median household income	—	$72,917 → $100,500 (+37.8%)
Median home value	—	$131,300 → $208,300 (+58.6%)

Eagle Lake

Population

61164

Symerton

Population

101113

Median household income

$72,917$100,500

Median home value

$131,300$208,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	27.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	27.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	1.8%
75 and over	14.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	61.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	76.7%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
Drove alone	19.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	66.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.3%
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

	Eagle Lake	Symerton
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1975	1946