Burbank vs Oak Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Burbank and Oak Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burbank has the higher population (28,822 vs 26,888 in Oak Forest). Oak Forest has the higher median household income ($87,941 vs $83,975 in Burbank). Burbank has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $247,800 in Oak Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Burbank	Oak Forest
Population	28,822	26,888
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,975	$87,941
Median home value	$258,900	$247,800
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,287
Housing units	10,012	10,732
Homeownership rate	80.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burbank	Oak Forest
Population	28,729 → 28,822 (+0.3%)	27,617 → 26,888 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$62,573 → $83,975 (+34.2%)	$76,945 → $87,941 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $258,900 (+34.4%)	$194,200 → $247,800 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,108 → $1,241 (+12.0%)	$1,080 → $1,287 (+19.2%)

Burbank

Population

28,72928,822

Median household income

$62,573$83,975

Median home value

$192,600$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,241

Oak Forest

Population

27,61726,888

Median household income

$76,945$87,941

Median home value

$194,200$247,800

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,287

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burbank	Oak Forest
Under 5	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burbank	Oak Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	64.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burbank	Oak Forest
No high school diploma	20.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burbank	Oak Forest
Drove alone	75.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	5.0%
Public transit	3.0%	6.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burbank	Oak Forest
1-unit, detached	80.1%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	20.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burbank	Oak Forest
Poverty rate	10.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1965	1975