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Willow Lake CDP, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Willow Lake CDP is a Census CDP of 764 people across 2.73 square miles of land, in Stephenson County. Median household income is $100,568, 94.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Willow Lake
What Willow Lake is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.73 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land280 plus or minus 71
- County holding the largest share of its areaStephenson 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.
Willow Lake
How many people live in Willow Lake
- Population764 plus or minus 194
- Median age57.0
- Population under 1880 plus or minus 48
- Share under 1810.5 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over239 plus or minus 64
- Share 65 and over31.3 percent
- Households375 plus or minus 83
- Family households299 plus or minus 79
- Share of households that are families79.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Willow Lake
Income and work in Willow Lake
- Median household income$100,568 plus or minus $20,600
- Per capita income$54,586
- Civilian labor force426 plus or minus 144
- Employed426 plus or minus 144
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over684 plus or minus 161
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent plus or minus 28.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.7 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.7 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Willow Lake
Housing in Willow Lake
- Housing units375 plus or minus 83
- Occupied units375 plus or minus 83
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied356 plus or minus 84
- Renter occupied19 plus or minus 23
- Ownership rate94.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$162,200
- Single family units375 plus or minus 84
- 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 built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Willow Lake
How Willow Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute382 plus or minus 133
- Commuting under 15 minutes161 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.1 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more83 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.7 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Drove alone89.7 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.3 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Stephenson County, not Willow Lake
Stephenson County context, not Willow Lake figures
These are Stephenson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Willow Lake measurements.
- Establishments in Stephenson County1,003
- Employment at those establishments, Stephenson County15,626
- Covered employment, Stephenson County17,367
- Average annual pay, Stephenson County$55,932
- Average weekly wage, Stephenson County$1,076
- Housing units permitted, Stephenson County5
- Of those, single family, Stephenson County5
- County product, 2024, Stephenson County$2,485,213,000
- County product change over the prior year, Stephenson County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Stephenson County$49,710
Every figure in this section is published for Stephenson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Willow 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 SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Willow Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Willow Lake, Illinois?
764, in 375 households. Willow Lake CDP covers 2.73 square miles of land, which is 280 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Willow Lake in?
Stephenson 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 Willow Lake?
$100,568. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $162,200. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Willow Lake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Stephenson 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 Willow Lake.
Is zoning published for Willow Lake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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