Fox River Grove vs Spring Grove

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

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

Spring Grove has the higher population (5,866 vs 4,501 in Fox River Grove). Spring Grove has the higher median household income ($133,224 vs $125,104 in Fox River Grove). Spring Grove has the higher median home value ($371,200 vs $289,200 in Fox River Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
Population	4,501	5,866
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,104	$133,224
Median home value	$289,200	$371,200
Median gross rent	$2,157	—
Housing units	1,728	1,867
Homeownership rate	85.7%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
Population	4,676 → 4,501 (-3.7%)	5,614 → 5,866 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$112,917 → $125,104 (+10.8%)	$123,150 → $133,224 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$248,600 → $289,200 (+16.3%)	$302,700 → $371,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $2,157 (+102.3%)	$2,101 → $2,226 (+5.9%)

Fox River Grove

Population

4,6764,501

Median household income

$112,917$125,104

Median home value

$248,600$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,066$2,157

Spring Grove

Population

5,6145,866

Median household income

$123,150$133,224

Median home value

$302,700$371,200

Median gross rent

$2,101$2,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
Under 5	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	2.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
Drove alone	60.6%	74.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	2.4%
Public transit	5.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	19.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	95.1%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fox River Grove	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.88	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1980	1997