Fox Lake vs Wauconda

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

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

Wauconda has the higher population (14,010 vs 10,872 in Fox Lake). Wauconda has the higher median household income ($112,438 vs $69,896 in Fox Lake). Wauconda has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $219,300 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
Population	10,872	14,010
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,896	$112,438
Median home value	$219,300	$268,300
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,304
Housing units	5,692	5,361
Homeownership rate	66.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
Population	10,721 → 10,872 (+1.4%)	13,655 → 14,010 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$60,230 → $69,896 (+16.0%)	$81,313 → $112,438 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $219,300 (+36.1%)	$226,600 → $268,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,059 (+0.1%)	$1,166 → $1,304 (+11.8%)

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

Wauconda

Population

13,65514,010

Median household income

$81,313$112,438

Median home value

$226,600$268,300

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
Under 5	3.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.0%
75 and over	9.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	72.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
Drove alone	72.5%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.9%
Public transit	2.1%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	14.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
1-unit, detached	47.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Wauconda
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1977	1990