Fox Lake vs Long Grove

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

Fox Lake and Long Grove 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 8,266 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($235,368 vs $69,896 in Fox Lake). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($746,700 vs $219,300 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
Population	10,872	8,266
Median age	43.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,896	$235,368
Median home value	$219,300	$746,700
Median gross rent	$1,059	$3,501
Housing units	5,692	2,774
Homeownership rate	66.2%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
Population	10,721 → 10,872 (+1.4%)	7,963 → 8,266 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$60,230 → $69,896 (+16.0%)	$214,073 → $235,368 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $219,300 (+36.1%)	$648,700 → $746,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,059 (+0.1%)	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)

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

Long Grove

Population

7,9638,266

Median household income

$214,073$235,368

Median home value

$648,700$746,700

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
Under 5	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	3.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.4%
75 and over	9.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	72.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
Drove alone	72.5%	67.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	1.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	28.9%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
1-unit, detached	47.9%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Long Grove
Poverty rate	12.6%	1.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1977	1989