McHenry County, Illinois
Wonder Lake Real Estate and Local Guide
Wonder Lake is a commuter village in the Chicago metropolitan area built around a man-made lake, incorporated in 1974 from lakeside subdivisions. The village calls itself a village of parks.
Living in Wonder Lake
The lake was created by damming Nippersink Creek in the late 1920s, making Wonder Lake one of the larger private man-made lakes in the region. Source: en.wikipedia.org
IncomeAbout $102,829 median household
EducationAbout 23.5% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyMcHenry County
Homes in Wonder Lake
Median owner-occupied home valueAbout $242,300
- About 97 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
- Roughly 98 percent of housing units are single-family detached homes.
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Wonder Lake home
Wonder Lake
Source: en.wikipedia.org
A large man-made lake that the village is named for and built around
Harrison Benwell Conservation Area
Source: mccdistrict.org
McHenry County Conservation District site at 7055 McCullom Lake Road with a 1.6-mile trail through oak-hickory savanna
Wonder Lake areas to know
Sunrise Ridge
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Original unincorporated subdivision that the village was first incorporated from