Census-designated place · Tazewell County, Illinois

Heritage Lake, Illinois

Heritage Lake is a census-designated place in Tazewell County, Illinois, part of the Peoria, IL metro area. It has 1,522 residents. Heritage Lake, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 59 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,484 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #249 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), home price to income ratio (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), effective property tax rate (high) and new business applications (low).

59Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,484 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #249 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,522 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,343.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 1734272

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,583/15,637
Economy79#3,281/15,631
Housing—
Health63#5,817/15,609
Healthcare63#5,860/15,650
Environment8#14,267/15,453
Education65#5,554/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,609/15,650
Community75#3,954/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,475/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Heritage Lake, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Tazewell County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
98/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.7%
92/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Median household income · high$133,048
90/100Illinois $83,327United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Social associations · high14.1 /10k
87/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTazewell County value
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
87/100Illinois 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTazewell County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high123 mi
5/100Illinois 35 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTazewell County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.10%
6/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.9 /1k
6/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauTazewell County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
10/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTazewell County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Illinois 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTazewell County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
13/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTazewell County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,690 (2015-2019) → 1,522 (2020-2024)
−9.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$88,523 (2015-2019) → $133,048 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
42.3% (2015-2019) → 33.7% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
6.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioImproving
2.1× (2015-2019) → 1.6× (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
4.1% (2015-2019) → 7.8% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Heritage Lake, Illinois improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+50%$88,523 → $133,048

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Heritage Lake, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.4 min2015-2019	31.5 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	−8.6 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	100.0%2015-2019	96.7%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Effective property tax rate	2.22%2015-2019	2.10%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
High school diploma or higher	100.0%2015-2019	100.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.5×	Within the margin of error	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.2532015-2019	0.2822020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	28%
Median household income	$88,5232015-2019	$133,0482020-2024	+50%	Improved	85%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Heritage Lake, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Heritage Lake, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Heritage Lake, Illinois itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,522 residents (±254)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−5.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,522 residents (±254)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

White99%1,505
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,033 residents (±188)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma0.0%0
High school or GED27%†274
Some college23%†236

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

571 households (±107)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k9.3%†53
$25k–50k0.0%0
$50k–75k17%†96
$75k–100k9.6%†55
$100k–150k30%†172
$150k–200k23%†132
$200k or more11%†63

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−20.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

571 households (±107)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Own100%571
Rent0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

15 households (±21)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,500100%†15

Home values

571 homes (±107)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k7.2%†41
$150k–250k75%†428
$250k–400k18%†102

Age of homes

571 homes (±107)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later10.0%†57
2000–200919%†111
1980–199932%†184

Size of homes

571 homes (±107)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms6.1%†35

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

734 workers (±212)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone77%†568
Carpool15%†113
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.2%†53
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

681 workers (±216)

Heritage Lake, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min18%†124
15–29 min22%†149
30–44 min38%†258

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Peoria, IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Tazewell County, the county holding most of Heritage Lake's residents.

Tazewell County has 2,772 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Illinois's), with 43,738 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,764. The Census Bureau also counts 7,198 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,772; 7,198 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 43,738
Average annual pay: $51,764; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Tazewell County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	208	16	0.87×About typical	4,416	$20,507	19
Ambulatory health care services	191	14.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,853	$48,064	265
Specialty trade contractors	178	13.7	0.88×About typical	1,735	$74,798	419
Religious organizations	124	9.5	1.72×More than typical	977	$22,637	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	108	8.3	1.23×About typical	566	$37,618	417
Limited-service restaurants	102	7.8	0.98×About typical	2,274	$18,898	10
Automotive repair and maintenance	95	7.3	1.45×More than typical	466	$49,549	87
Construction of buildings	89	6.8	0.91×About typical	925	$74,960	170
Full-service restaurants	87	6.7	0.87×About typical	1,884	$22,925	3
Lessors of real estate	76	5.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	212	$60,849	678
Truck transportation	76	5.8	1.16×About typical	939	$64,819	109
Building equipment contractors	74	5.7	0.95×About typical	898	$74,924	76

Rank places for an industry Open Tazewell County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 130,019 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Heritage Lake, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

WAPSI VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1KFY2025
0FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Heritage Lake, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Heritage Lake, Illinois's figures are part of those of Tazewell County, IL ($6.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Heritage Lake is mostly in Tazewell County.

See federal money in Tazewell County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Heritage Lake, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).