Fox Lake vs Theresa

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

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

Fox Lake has the higher population (1,765 vs 1,320 in Theresa). Fox Lake has the higher median household income ($78,409 vs $70,959 in Theresa). Fox Lake has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $160,000 in Theresa).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Theresa
Population	1,765	1,320
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,409	$70,959
Median home value	$171,300	$160,000
Median gross rent	$1,102	$874
Housing units	835	620
Homeownership rate	56.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Theresa
Population	1,696 → 1,765 (+4.1%)	1,120 → 1,320 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$51,098 → $78,409 (+53.4%)	$54,485 → $70,959 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $171,300 (+27.5%)	$116,800 → $160,000 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,102 (+49.7%)	$686 → $874 (+27.4%)

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

Theresa

Population

1,1201,320

Median household income

$54,485$70,959

Median home value

$116,800$160,000

Median gross rent

$686$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Theresa
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.7%
75 and over	5.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Theresa
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Theresa
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Theresa
Drove alone	75.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Theresa
1-unit, detached	69.5%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Theresa
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1961	1991