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SheetIL-FOX-LAKE-IL · Fox Lake, IL 10,872 pop · income 49th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Fox Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Fox Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
San Germán zo… · lowest
16,052
San Germán zo… · lowest
16,052 median HH income
8.3% of the leader · rank #1
Cloud Lake · near
69,886
Cloud Lake · near
69,886 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #2
Fox Lake · this city
69,896
Fox Lake · this city
69,896 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #3
Sankertown · near
69,900
Sankertown · near
69,900 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #4
North Westmin… · near
69,906
North Westmin… · near
69,906 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #5
Arkport · near
69,911
Arkport · near
69,911 median HH income
36.3% of the leader · rank #6
Campton Hills · highest
192,727
Campton Hills · highest
192,727 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Fox Lake on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,872.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Fox Lake - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Fox Lake lands in the 49th percentile for household income and the 34th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
49th
percentile, household income
48th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
34th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Fox Lake, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 10,872 residents in Fox Lake, a small town within Illinois. Median household income here is $69,896 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.2%. Home values in Fox Lake run a median of $219,300, and the median resident age is 43.3 years. 23.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 61.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 1 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 96% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1944.4 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,063 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Fox Lake's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to reported crime to schools and households to population change to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Fox Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Fox Lake?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Roscoe (10,881 residents, $97,704 income); Troy (10,889 residents, $97,825 income); Summit (10,896 residents, $60,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hudson, FL (10,873 residents); Sugarmill Woods, FL (10,871 residents); Manville, NJ (10,870 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Fox Lake?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1944.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 15% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 23.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Is Fox Lake growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -113 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Fox Lake?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
72.5%
Work from home
11.3%
Public transit
2.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 5,544 workers age 16+.
How far does income reach against housing in Fox Lake?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.1×
Home value
$219,300
Household income
$69,896
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 6.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
D
City profile score · Fox Lake, IL
46/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C
6.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$69,896
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime D
251 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Fox Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.2%
Household income: 49/100 (D) · $69,896
Bachelor's+ share: 44/100 (D) · 23.2%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Violent crime: 40/100 (D) · 251 /100k
Where Fox Lake sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Fox Lake's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Fox Lake highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Fox Lake, IL (this city): home $219,300, crime 1,944/100k
Manville, NJ : home $321,100, crime 1,064/100k
Bedford Heights, OH : home $137,500, crime 2,108/100k
Roscoe, IL : home $215,200, crime 703/100k
Troy, IL : home $240,800, crime 469/100k
Summit, IL : home $224,800, crime 1,999/100k
Worth, IL : home $220,200, crime 1,314/100k
Campton Hills, IL : home $510,100, crime 56/100k
How does Fox Lake compare to other US cities?
Here's how Fox Lake stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income49% higher than other cities
Home value48% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety34% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Illinois alone, Fox Lake ranks #357 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Fox Lake against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Fox Lake near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fox Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fox Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#600 of 1,311
54th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#298 of 1,315
77th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#746 of 1,335
44th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#462 of 1,336
65th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
49th percentile nationally for median household income · 34th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Fox Lake's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Fox Lake's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Fox Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$219,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Fox Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,380 of 15,516
More affordable than 52% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,095 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Fox Lake sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,380 of 15,516 and #1,095 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$69,896Fox Lake, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Fox Lake, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Fox Lake, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,872
Median Income
$69,896
Median Home Value
$219,300
Median Age
43.3
Poverty Rate
6.2%
Labor force participation
61.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1944.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
251.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1693.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Fox Lake's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,962 residents
2021
10,933 residents
2022
10,877 residents
2023
10,859 residents
2024
10,878 residents
2025
10,849 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
25
25
0
$2.3M
2020
5
5
0
$1.0M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
1
1
0
$0.3M
2023
10
3
7
$1.1M
2024
1
1
0
$0.5M
Permit volume decreased 96% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.5%
Carpool
9.9%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
11.3%
Other
2.8%
Based on 5,544 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Fox Lake. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Fox Lake is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Fox Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Fox Lake compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.