Fox Lake vs Horicon

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

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

Horicon has the higher population (3,797 vs 1,765 in Fox Lake). Fox Lake has the higher median household income ($78,409 vs $49,556 in Horicon). Fox Lake has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $162,400 in Horicon).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Horicon
Population	1,765	3,797
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,409	$49,556
Median home value	$171,300	$162,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$835
Housing units	835	1,860
Homeownership rate	56.2%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Horicon
Population	1,696 → 1,765 (+4.1%)	3,620 → 3,797 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$51,098 → $78,409 (+53.4%)	$62,870 → $49,556 (-21.2%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $171,300 (+27.5%)	$136,600 → $162,400 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,102 (+49.7%)	$861 → $835 (-3.0%)

Fox Lake

Population

1,6961,765

Median household income

$51,098$78,409

Median home value

$134,400$171,300

Median gross rent

$736$1,102

Horicon

Population

3,6203,797

Median household income

$62,870$49,556

Median home value

$136,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$861$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Horicon
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.6%
75 and over	5.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Horicon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Horicon
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Horicon
Drove alone	75.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Horicon
1-unit, detached	69.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	18.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Horicon
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1961	1962