Lily Lake is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The town is southwest of Elgin and west of Chicago. The village is in the far western part the Chicago metro area. It was incorporated as a village on November 6, 1990. The population was 1,032 at the 2020 census, up from 993 in 2010.
History
Lily Lake was originally called "Canada Corners" (after the large number of Canadians settled there) and was located further north. The settlement shifted its location when the railroad was built and changed its name to "Lily Lake", referring to a local lake.
Geography
Lily Lake is located in west central Kane County in the western part of Campton Township. Neighboring villages are Campton Hills to the east and Virgil to the west.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Lily Lake has a total area of , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Lily Lake village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|797
|941
|style='background: #ffffe6; |902
|96.61%
|94.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87.40%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|7
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19
|0.85%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.84%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.24%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.00%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|2
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34
|0.24%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.29%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|17
|46
|style='background: #ffffe6; |63
|2.06%
|4.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.10%
|-
|Total
|825
|993
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,032
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lily Lake had a population of 1,032. The median age was 43.4 years. 21.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males.
75.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 24.9% lived in rural areas.
There were 347 households, of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 79.8% were married-couple households, 6.1% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 9.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 8.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.