Des Plaines vs Oak Lawn

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

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

Des Plaines has the higher population (59,408 vs 57,098 in Oak Lawn). Des Plaines has the higher median household income ($94,303 vs $82,493 in Oak Lawn). Des Plaines has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
Population	59,408	57,098
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,303	$82,493
Median home value	$318,200	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,310
Housing units	23,973	23,115
Homeownership rate	79.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
Population	58,673 → 59,408 (+1.3%)	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$69,760 → $94,303 (+35.2%)	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $318,200 (+24.0%)	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,435 (+25.4%)	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)

Des Plaines

Population

58,67359,408

Median household income

$69,760$94,303

Median home value

$256,700$318,200

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,435

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)

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
Under 5	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.0%
75 and over	9.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	64.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
Drove alone	69.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.6%
Public transit	4.4%	4.1%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
1-unit, detached	59.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	15.2%
20 or more units	19.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Des Plaines	Oak Lawn
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1966	1967