Lake Camelot is a community in Peoria County, Illinois, home to about 1,629 people across 1.7 square miles. Its ZIP code is 61547, and parts of 61607 are in Lake Camelot too.
Homes sold for a median of $124 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Lake Camelot; also Mapleton and Kingston Mines
Mostly Bartonville; part is in Lake Camelot
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Lake Camelot. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)130 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA)4 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Chicago, IL135 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Lake Camelot; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Lake Camelot had 1,798 residents in the 2020 census, up 7% since 2010.
It’s the 557th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Peoria County grew from 88,608 residents in 1900 to 181,830 in 2020.
Peoria County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 86°F in summer, and winter lows average 18°F. About 37.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 26 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Peoria Gtr Peoria Ap, IL weather station (4 miles away).
103,153 jobs at 4,168 businesses in Peoria County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
7 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Lake Camelot.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Specialist doctors | 1 |
|---|---|
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
| Mental health providers | 5 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Bartonville, Peoria, Pekin, Mapleton and Kingston Mines.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.