Morton Grove vs Oak Forest

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

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

Oak Forest has the higher population (26,888 vs 24,687 in Morton Grove). Morton Grove has the higher median household income ($106,078 vs $87,941 in Oak Forest). Morton Grove has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $247,800 in Oak Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
Population	24,687	26,888
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,078	$87,941
Median home value	$377,000	$247,800
Median gross rent	$2,210	$1,287
Housing units	9,546	10,732
Homeownership rate	84.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
Population	23,089 → 24,687 (+6.9%)	27,617 → 26,888 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$85,360 → $106,078 (+24.3%)	$76,945 → $87,941 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$317,200 → $377,000 (+18.9%)	$194,200 → $247,800 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,823 → $2,210 (+21.2%)	$1,080 → $1,287 (+19.2%)

Morton Grove

Population

23,08924,687

Median household income

$85,360$106,078

Median home value

$317,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,210

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)

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
Under 5	4.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.7%
75 and over	8.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	64.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	31.6%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	15.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
Drove alone	67.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.0%
Public transit	4.4%	6.4%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.6%	9.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
1-unit, detached	76.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	20.7%
20 or more units	15.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morton Grove	Oak Forest
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1960	1975