Bay View Gardens vs Lowpoint

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View Gardens and Lowpoint: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View Gardens and Lowpoint are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay View Gardens has the higher population (287 vs 184 in Lowpoint). Bay View Gardens has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $76,000 in Lowpoint). Since 2019, Lowpoint's population has grown faster (+26.9% vs -27.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
Population	287	184
Median age	47.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	—
Median home value	$116,700	$76,000
Median gross rent	$748	—
Housing units	146	74
Homeownership rate	68.2%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	37.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
Population	395 → 287 (-27.3%)	145 → 184 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $46,875 (+27.8%)	—
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,700 (+14.0%)	$73,300 → $76,000 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $748 (+3.2%)	—

Bay View Gardens

Population

395287

Median household income

$36,667$46,875

Median home value

$102,400$116,700

Median gross rent

$725$748

Lowpoint

Population

145184

Median home value

$73,300$76,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
Under 5	8.0%	14.7%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	4.3%
55 to 64	23.0%	22.8%
65 to 74	16.7%	13.6%
75 and over	4.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
No high school diploma	27.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
Drove alone	92.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
1-unit, detached	79.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay View Gardens	Lowpoint
Poverty rate	17.8%	24.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1965	1954