| Lake Catherine, Illinois | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States  |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lake |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Antioch |
| Pushpin Map: | Illinois#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Lake Catherine |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Illinois##Location in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 42.4839°N -88.1242°W |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.76 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.35 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.41 |
| Elevation Ft: | 748 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1279 |
| Population Density Km2: | 543.34 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1407.04 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-40988 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.91 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.54 |
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.[2]
Lake Catherine is located in northwestern Lake County at 42.4839°N -88.1242°W (42.483969, -88.124172).[3] It 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 9miles to Richmond. Chicago is to the southeast, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, is to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lake Catherine CDP has a total area of 3.8km2, of which 2.4km2 are land and 1.4km2, or 37.45%, are water.[4]
| White alone (NH) | 1,426 | 1,269 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1,124 | 95.70% | 92.02% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 87.88% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 12 | 20 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 12 | 0.81% | 1.45% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.94% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 3 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 5 | 0.07% | 0.22% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.39% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 7 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 9 | 0.00% | 0.51% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.70% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 3 | 1 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.20% | 0.07% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 14 | 19 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 44 | 0.94% | 1.38% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 3.44% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 34 | 60 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 85 | 2.28% | 4.35% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 6.65% | |
| Total | 1,490 | 1,379 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1,279 | 100.00% | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
At the 2000 census,[8] there were 1,490 people, 594 households and 418 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1400.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 733 housing units at an average density of 688.9sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.72% White, 0.81% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.34% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.28% of the population.
There were 594 households, of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.00.
23.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.5 males.
The median household income was $56,970 and the median family income was $61,607. Males had a median income of $47,000 and females $35,076. The per capita income was $23,401. About 7.6% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.