Fox Lake is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 10,849 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fox Lake is the 210th largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Fox Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Fox Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.65% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Fox Lake is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fox Lake, the average commute to work is 35.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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.