Beach Park vs Fox Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Beach Park and Fox Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Beach Park and Fox Lake are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beach Park has the higher population (13,988 vs 10,872 in Fox Lake). Beach Park has the higher median household income ($83,069 vs $69,896 in Fox Lake). Beach Park has the higher median home value ($223,600 vs $219,300 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
Population	13,988	10,872
Median age	36.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,069	$69,896
Median home value	$223,600	$219,300
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,059
Housing units	4,880	5,692
Homeownership rate	84.3%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
Population	13,181 → 13,988 (+6.1%)	10,721 → 10,872 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$71,867 → $83,069 (+15.6%)	$60,230 → $69,896 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $223,600 (+48.2%)	$161,100 → $219,300 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,482 → $1,235 (-16.7%)	$1,058 → $1,059 (+0.1%)

Beach Park

Population

13,18113,988

Median household income

$71,867$83,069

Median home value

$150,900$223,600

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,235

Fox Lake

Population

10,72110,872

Median household income

$60,230$69,896

Median home value

$161,100$219,300

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
Under 5	6.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.3%
75 and over	8.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	76.4%
Black or African American	12.5%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.2%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
No high school diploma	19.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
Drove alone	77.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	2.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
1-unit, detached	67.9%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beach Park	Fox Lake
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1987	1977