Fox Lake vs Hawthorn Woods

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

Fox Lake and Hawthorn Woods 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 9,145 in Hawthorn Woods). Hawthorn Woods has the higher median household income ($238,114 vs $69,896 in Fox Lake). Hawthorn Woods has the higher median home value ($592,800 vs $219,300 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Population	10,872	9,145
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,896	$238,114
Median home value	$219,300	$592,800
Median gross rent	$1,059	—
Housing units	5,692	3,025
Homeownership rate	66.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Population	10,721 → 10,872 (+1.4%)	8,402 → 9,145 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$60,230 → $69,896 (+16.0%)	$175,795 → $238,114 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $219,300 (+36.1%)	$566,100 → $592,800 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,059 (+0.1%)	—

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

Hawthorn Woods

Population

8,4029,145

Median household income

$175,795$238,114

Median home value

$566,100$592,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Under 5	3.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.0%
75 and over	9.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	34.7%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	41.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Drove alone	72.5%	60.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.1%
Public transit	2.1%	9.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	22.7%
Other means	2.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
1-unit, detached	47.9%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Hawthorn Woods
Poverty rate	12.6%	0.8%
Average household size	2.11	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1977	1996