Glenview vs Oak Park

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

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

Oak Park has the higher population (53,315 vs 47,682 in Glenview). Glenview has the higher median household income ($138,758 vs $108,026 in Oak Park). Glenview has the higher median home value ($598,800 vs $456,300 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Glenview	Oak Park
Population	47,682	53,315
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$138,758	$108,026
Median home value	$598,800	$456,300
Median gross rent	$2,027	$1,456
Housing units	19,405	24,673
Homeownership rate	78.4%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenview	Oak Park
Population	47,416 → 47,682 (+0.6%)	52,233 → 53,315 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$115,198 → $138,758 (+20.5%)	$94,646 → $108,026 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$499,900 → $598,800 (+19.8%)	$387,300 → $456,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,771 → $2,027 (+14.5%)	$1,175 → $1,456 (+23.9%)

Glenview

Population

47,41647,682

Median household income

$115,198$138,758

Median home value

$499,900$598,800

Median gross rent

$1,771$2,027

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)

	Glenview	Oak Park
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.2%
75 and over	11.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenview	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	61.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.5%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenview	Oak Park
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	10.8%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenview	Oak Park
Drove alone	63.0%	44.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.9%
Public transit	7.9%	16.2%
Walked	1.6%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	19.5%	27.7%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenview	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	60.3%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	21.1%
20 or more units	15.8%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenview	Oak Park
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1977	1938