Fox Lake vs Gages Lake

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

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

Fox Lake has the higher population (10,872 vs 10,706 in Gages Lake). Gages Lake has the higher median household income ($105,114 vs $69,896 in Fox Lake). Gages Lake has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $219,300 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
Population	10,872	10,706
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,896	$105,114
Median home value	$219,300	$291,200
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,741
Housing units	5,692	4,206
Homeownership rate	66.2%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
Population	10,721 → 10,872 (+1.4%)	10,161 → 10,706 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$60,230 → $69,896 (+16.0%)	$96,123 → $105,114 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $219,300 (+36.1%)	$231,800 → $291,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,059 (+0.1%)	$1,449 → $1,741 (+20.2%)

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

Gages Lake

Population

10,16110,706

Median household income

$96,123$105,114

Median home value

$231,800$291,200

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
Under 5	3.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.1%
75 and over	9.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	70.2%
Black or African American	4.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
Drove alone	72.5%	68.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.1%
Public transit	2.1%	2.3%
Walked	1.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
1-unit, detached	47.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Gages Lake
Poverty rate	12.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1977	1984