Fox Lake Hills vs Round Lake Heights

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

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

Round Lake Heights has the higher population (2,585 vs 2,304 in Fox Lake Hills). Fox Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($111,477 vs $75,556 in Round Lake Heights). Fox Lake Hills has the higher median home value ($229,700 vs $196,100 in Round Lake Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
Population	2,304	2,585
Median age	45.1 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,477	$75,556
Median home value	$229,700	$196,100
Median gross rent	$1,514	$1,435
Housing units	940	850
Homeownership rate	88.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
Population	2,204 → 2,304 (+4.5%)	3,179 → 2,585 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$77,686 → $111,477 (+43.5%)	$78,950 → $75,556 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $229,700 (+32.7%)	$168,500 → $196,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,376 → $1,514 (+10.0%)	$1,470 → $1,435 (-2.4%)

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

Round Lake Heights

Population

3,1792,585

Median household income

$78,950$75,556

Median home value

$168,500$196,100

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
Under 5	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	27.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.7%
75 and over	4.7%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	36.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	42.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
No high school diploma	2.5%	18.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
Drove alone	77.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake Hills	Round Lake Heights
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.57	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	40	35
Median year structure built	1977	1978