Hoffman Estates vs Oak Park

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

Hoffman Estates 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 51,186 in Hoffman Estates). Hoffman Estates has the higher median household income ($109,683 vs $108,026 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $340,400 in Hoffman Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
Population	51,186	53,315
Median age	38.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,683	$108,026
Median home value	$340,400	$456,300
Median gross rent	$1,764	$1,456
Housing units	19,526	24,673
Homeownership rate	74.2%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
Population	50,841 → 51,186 (+0.7%)	52,233 → 53,315 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$91,917 → $109,683 (+19.3%)	$94,646 → $108,026 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $340,400 (+20.2%)	$387,300 → $456,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $1,764 (+26.2%)	$1,175 → $1,456 (+23.9%)

Hoffman Estates

Population

50,84151,186

Median household income

$91,917$109,683

Median home value

$283,300$340,400

Median gross rent

$1,398$1,764

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)

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.2%
75 and over	4.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	61.1%
Black or African American	5.0%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	23.6%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	19.3%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
Drove alone	69.9%	44.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.9%
Public transit	2.5%	16.2%
Walked	1.3%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.7%	27.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	60.7%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	21.1%
20 or more units	8.4%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hoffman Estates	Oak Park
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1976	1938