Berwyn vs Oak Lawn

A side-by-side comparison of Berwyn and Oak Lawn: population, income, housing, and more.

Berwyn and Oak Lawn are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Lawn has the higher population (57,098 vs 55,888 in Berwyn). Oak Lawn has the higher median household income ($82,493 vs $75,235 in Berwyn). Berwyn has the higher median home value ($286,000 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
Population	55,888	57,098
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,235	$82,493
Median home value	$286,000	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,310
Housing units	21,987	23,115
Homeownership rate	61.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
Population	55,407 → 55,888 (+0.9%)	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$62,758 → $75,235 (+19.9%)	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $286,000 (+35.1%)	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,175 (+21.3%)	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)

Berwyn

Population

55,40755,888

Median household income

$62,758$75,235

Median home value

$211,700$286,000

Median gross rent

$969$1,175

Oak Lawn

Population

55,93657,098

Median household income

$64,476$82,493

Median home value

$204,000$267,900

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
Under 5	5.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.0%
75 and over	4.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	64.4%
Black or African American	8.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
No high school diploma	15.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
Drove alone	64.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.6%
Public transit	7.9%	4.1%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	10.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
1-unit, detached	52.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	15.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Oak Lawn
Poverty rate	10.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1938	1967