Forest Lake vs Fox Lake Hills

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

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

Fox Lake Hills has the higher population (2,304 vs 1,797 in Forest Lake). Fox Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($111,477 vs $92,956 in Forest Lake). Forest Lake has the higher median home value ($318,300 vs $229,700 in Fox Lake Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
Population	1,797	2,304
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,956	$111,477
Median home value	$318,300	$229,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,514
Housing units	737	940
Homeownership rate	94.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
Population	1,327 → 1,797 (+35.4%)	2,204 → 2,304 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$125,096 → $92,956 (-25.7%)	$77,686 → $111,477 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$321,200 → $318,300 (-0.9%)	$173,100 → $229,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,376 → $1,514 (+10.0%)

Forest Lake

Population

1,3271,797

Median household income

$125,096$92,956

Median home value

$321,200$318,300

Fox Lake Hills

Population

2,2042,304

Median household income

$77,686$111,477

Median home value

$173,100$229,700

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	25.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	2.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	23.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	17.6%
55 to 64	26.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	1.4%	11.7%
75 and over	2.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
No high school diploma	25.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
Drove alone	90.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.9%
Other means	4.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Lake	Fox Lake Hills
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1994	1977