Berwyn vs Oak Park

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

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

Berwyn has the higher population (55,888 vs 53,315 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($108,026 vs $75,235 in Berwyn). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $286,000 in Berwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Oak Park
Population	55,888	53,315
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,235	$108,026
Median home value	$286,000	$456,300
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,456
Housing units	21,987	24,673
Homeownership rate	61.1%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Oak Park
Population	55,407 → 55,888 (+0.9%)	52,233 → 53,315 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$62,758 → $75,235 (+19.9%)	$94,646 → $108,026 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $286,000 (+35.1%)	$387,300 → $456,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,175 (+21.3%)	$1,175 → $1,456 (+23.9%)

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 Park

Population

52,23353,315

Median household income

$94,646$108,026

Median home value

$387,300$456,300

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Park
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.2%
75 and over	4.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	8.2%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Oak Park
No high school diploma	15.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Park
Drove alone	64.6%	44.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.9%
Public transit	7.9%	16.2%
Walked	2.6%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.2%	27.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	52.0%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	21.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Oak Park
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938