Lake Catherine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,279.
Geography Lake Catherine is located in northwestern Lake County and is bordered to the north by Kenosha County, Wisconsin, to the east by the village of Antioch, and to the west by the community of Channel Lake. It surrounds Lake Catherine, a bay of Channel Lake, one of the Chain O'Lakes of northern Illinois.
Illinois Route 173 passes through the community, leading east through Antioch village to Zion and west to Richmond. Chicago is to the southeast, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, is to the northeast.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Lake Catherine has a total area of , of which (or 62.56%) is land and (or 37.44%) is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition +Lake Catherine CDP, Illinois – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000Pop 2010% 2000% 2010White alone (NH)1,4261,2691,12495.70%92.02%87.88%Black or African American alone (NH)1220120.81%1.45%0.94%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)1350.07%0.22%0.39%Asian alone (NH)0790.00%0.51%0.70%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)3100.20%0.07%0.00%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)1419440.94%1.38%3.44%Hispanic or Latino (any race)3460852.28%4.35%6.65%Total1,4901,3791,279100.00%100.00%100.00%
2020 census As of the 2020 census, Lake Catherine had a population of 1,279. The population density was . The median age was 48.3 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.6 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 578 households and 313 families in Lake Catherine, of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.0% were married-couple households, 30.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 18.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 2.29.
There were 743 housing units at an average density of . Of all housing units, 22.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.6%.
Income and poverty The median income for a household in the CDP was $78,889, and the median income for a family was $94,792. Males had a median income of $46,094 versus $27,072 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $39,950. About 1.9% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 0.3% of those age 65 or over. References