Lake HolidayIL
A town of 5,641.
Is Lake Holiday a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lake Holiday grades B overall, 418th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The median household earns $108K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $256K, 3.5 years of the Ottawa area’s $72K median household income. Lake Holiday’s average trip to work is 45 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On hazard risk, just 81 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns.
What makes Lake Holiday stand out
Where Lake Holiday beats most towns.
Lake Holiday has grown 19% from 2010 to 2020
4,761 counted in 2010 and 5,687 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lake Holiday grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lake Holiday is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lake Holiday: who provides what
Lake Holiday is unincorporated, so LaSalle County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Holiday.
Lake Holiday carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), sends most of its workers to Sandwich and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Low risk in Lake Holiday, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $436 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Lake Holiday is 20 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Lake Holiday
Lake Holiday has 114 jobs for its 1,932 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 45.4 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Lake Holiday for work: only 2% work in town. 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Lake Holiday. Jobs based in Lake Holiday grew to 114 in 2023, 24 more than in 2013.
| Lake Holiday | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Lake Holiday is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,478 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Holiday’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Lake Holiday beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of Lake Holiday adults binge drink.
| Lake Holiday | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Holiday | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Lake Holiday
Lake Holiday has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). Lake Holiday’s median age is 46.9 years. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Lake Holiday | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Lake Holiday | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.9% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.1% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Lake Holiday sell for about $390K
The median sale price was $390,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Holiday
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Holiday; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Lake Holiday residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
98% of working residents leave Lake Holiday for work
Where Lake Holiday’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Holiday
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
Lake Holiday is a census-designated place located on Lake Holiday in Northville Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 5,687 as of the 2020 census. The homes on the western banks of the lake are served by the Somonauk Fire Department/EMS and the Somonauk School District, while the eastern banks of the lake are covered by Sandwich municipal services (Fire/EMS, CUSD 430). However, due to the community's location south of the LaSalle-DeKalb county line, neither Sandwich Police nor Somonauk Police have any jurisdiction. Instead, the area is patrolled by local security, which has limited authority. For serious matters, the community is covered by the LaSalle County…
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 650 ft
Lake Holiday’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lake Holiday.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Holiday | #418 | B | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Somonauk | — | — | B | A− | A− | B+ |
Somonauk has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Holiday reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lake Holiday with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Holiday
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Holiday, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lake Holiday grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #418 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lake Holiday, IL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $256,000, 13% below the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.