Des Plaines vs Orland Park

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

Des Plaines and Orland Park 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 57,961 in Orland Park). Orland Park has the higher median household income ($98,979 vs $94,303 in Des Plaines). Orland Park has the higher median home value ($349,400 vs $318,200 in Des Plaines).

Population, income & housing

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
Population	59,408	57,961
Median age	42.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,303	$98,979
Median home value	$318,200	$349,400
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,415
Housing units	23,973	24,626
Homeownership rate	79.4%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
Population	58,673 → 59,408 (+1.3%)	58,749 → 57,961 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$69,760 → $94,303 (+35.2%)	$90,345 → $98,979 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $318,200 (+24.0%)	$287,700 → $349,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,435 (+25.4%)	$1,233 → $1,415 (+14.8%)

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

Orland Park

Population

58,74957,961

Median household income

$90,345$98,979

Median home value

$287,700$349,400

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.0%
75 and over	9.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	79.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	22.3%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
Drove alone	69.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.7%
Public transit	4.4%	3.7%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
1-unit, detached	59.4%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	12.3%
20 or more units	19.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Des Plaines	Orland Park
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1966	1988