Fox Lake is home to 11,131 people in Illinois. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At a median age of 42.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $228,100. Growth has run 21% since 2000, or 1,953 more people. Getting to work takes 34 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,819, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Fox Lake
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$196,326 → $228,100(+16%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate6.3% → 13.1%(+6.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Hispanic share2.2% → 18.0%(+15.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)9.8%(45)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.1%(28)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.4%(208)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.8%(45)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 458 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Fox Lake, decade by decade
Fox Lake population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,430
$78,497
$196,326
10.9%
7.8
2000
9,178
$84,794
$235,358
15.4%
19.7
2010
10,579
$80,756
$292,174
16.9%
27.6
2020
10,978
$75,892
$211,016
23.9%
43.4
2024
11,131
$70,819
$228,100
25.7%
51.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
