Lakewood Shores vs Plum Valley

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

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

Plum Valley has the higher population (542 vs 433 in Lakewood Shores). Plum Valley has the higher median household income ($213,084 vs $76,500 in Lakewood Shores). Plum Valley has the higher median home value ($268,600 vs $181,300 in Lakewood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
Population	433	542
Median age	45.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,500	$213,084
Median home value	$181,300	$268,600
Median gross rent	$1,339	—
Housing units	255	194
Homeownership rate	77.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
Population	1,459 → 433 (-70.3%)	379 → 542 (+43.0%)
Median household income	$63,625 → $76,500 (+20.2%)	$179,375 → $213,084 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $181,300 (+19.7%)	$281,300 → $268,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,339 (+4.1%)	—

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

Plum Valley

Population

379542

Median household income

$179,375$213,084

Median home value

$281,300$268,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
Under 5	0.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	29.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	5.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	33.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	3.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.4%
75 and over	6.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	14.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.8%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	51.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
Drove alone	86.4%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
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

	Lakewood Shores	Plum Valley
Poverty rate	12.2%	1.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	53
Median year structure built	1963	1980