Lansing vs Oak Forest

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

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

Lansing has the higher population (28,415 vs 26,888 in Oak Forest). Oak Forest has the higher median household income ($87,941 vs $71,805 in Lansing). Oak Forest has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $168,500 in Lansing).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Oak Forest
Population	28,415	26,888
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,805	$87,941
Median home value	$168,500	$247,800
Median gross rent	$1,271	$1,287
Housing units	12,081	10,732
Homeownership rate	69.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Oak Forest
Population	27,904 → 28,415 (+1.8%)	27,617 → 26,888 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$53,940 → $71,805 (+33.1%)	$76,945 → $87,941 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $168,500 (+29.7%)	$194,200 → $247,800 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,271 (+26.6%)	$1,080 → $1,287 (+19.2%)

Lansing

Population

27,90428,415

Median household income

$53,940$71,805

Median home value

$129,900$168,500

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,271

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)

	Lansing	Oak Forest
Under 5	3.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Oak Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	25.2%	64.8%
Black or African American	51.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Oak Forest
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Oak Forest
Drove alone	78.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.0%
Public transit	3.3%	6.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	9.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Oak Forest
1-unit, detached	71.5%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	20.7%
20 or more units	6.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Oak Forest
Poverty rate	16.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1966	1975