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Wonder Lake village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Wonder Lake village is a Census village of 4,292 people across 4.96 square miles of land, in McHenry County. Median household income is $94,655, 99.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $707,900.
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Wonder Lake
What Wonder Lake is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area4.96 sq mi
- Water area1.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land865
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcHenry County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wonder Lake
How many people live in Wonder Lake
- Population4,292
- Median age33.8
- Population under 181,051 plus or minus 275
- Share under 1824.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Population 65 and over578 plus or minus 178
- Share 65 and over13.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households1,639
- Family households1,300
- Share of households that are families79.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wonder Lake
Income and work in Wonder Lake
- Median household income$94,655 plus or minus $21,766
- Per capita income$48,701
- Civilian labor force2,331
- Employed2,164
- Unemployed167 plus or minus 83
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over2,898
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wonder Lake
Housing in Wonder Lake
- Housing units1,720
- Occupied units1,639
- Vacant units81 plus or minus 66
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied1,632
- Renter occupied7 plus or minus 13
- Ownership rate99.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$252,200
- Single family units1,720
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wonder Lake
How Wonder Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,822
- Commuting under 15 minutes215 plus or minus 119
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more990 plus or minus 239
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.3 percent
- Drove alone77.9 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home15.4 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wonder Lake
SBA loans in Wonder Lake (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$707,900
- Average approval$353,950
- Median approval$684,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$684,400
- Largest approval$684,400
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval1.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wonder Lake
Flood risk in Wonder Lake
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170976
- Currently effective map date11/16/06
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
McHenry County, not Wonder Lake
McHenry County context, not Wonder Lake figures
These are McHenry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wonder Lake measurements.
- Establishments in McHenry County8,140
- Employment at those establishments, McHenry County87,684
- Covered employment, McHenry County96,922
- Average annual pay, McHenry County$55,107
- Average weekly wage, McHenry County$1,060
- Housing units permitted, McHenry County1,565
- Of those, single family, McHenry County887
- County product, 2024, McHenry County$15,982,773,000
- County product change over the prior year, McHenry County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, McHenry County$80,258
Every figure in this section is published for McHenry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wonder Lake. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wonder Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wonder Lake, Illinois?
4,292, in 1,639 households. Wonder Lake village covers 4.96 square miles of land, which is 865 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wonder Lake in?
McHenry County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wonder Lake?
$94,655. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $252,200. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wonder Lake businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $707,900, across 2 lenders, median approval $684,400. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wonder Lake, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wonder Lake borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wonder Lake. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Wonder Lake in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wonder Lake appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170976, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wonder Lake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McHenry County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wonder Lake.
Is zoning published for Wonder Lake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.