One downside of living in Fox Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.71 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Fox Lake are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.92% of adults in Fox Lake having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fox Lake in 2022 was $42,676, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,704 for a family of four. However, Fox Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fox Lake is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Fox Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fox Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fox Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.92% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fox Lake include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Fox Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
