Lakewood Shores vs Rest Haven

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

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

Rest Haven has the higher population (537 vs 433 in Lakewood Shores). Lakewood Shores has the higher median household income ($76,500 vs $67,639 in Rest Haven). Rest Haven has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $181,300 in Lakewood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
Population	433	537
Median age	45.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,500	$67,639
Median home value	$181,300	$198,200
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,341
Housing units	255	246
Homeownership rate	77.4%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	18.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
Population	1,459 → 433 (-70.3%)	550 → 537 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$63,625 → $76,500 (+20.2%)	$61,310 → $67,639 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $181,300 (+19.7%)	$166,700 → $198,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,339 (+4.1%)	$992 → $1,341 (+35.2%)

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

Rest Haven

Population

550537

Median household income

$61,310$67,639

Median home value

$166,700$198,200

Median gross rent

$992$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
Under 5	0.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	22.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	30.5%
65 to 74	15.9%	8.2%
75 and over	6.5%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	98.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	51.8%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
Drove alone	86.4%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	22.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood Shores	Rest Haven
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
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	Rest Haven
Poverty rate	12.2%	16.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1963	1975