Mount Prospect vs Oak Lawn

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Prospect and Oak Lawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Lawn has the higher population (57,098 vs 55,648 in Mount Prospect). Mount Prospect has the higher median household income ($103,911 vs $82,493 in Oak Lawn). Mount Prospect has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
Population	55,648	57,098
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,911	$82,493
Median home value	$377,000	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,310
Housing units	23,068	23,115
Homeownership rate	70.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
Population	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)

Mount Prospect

Population

54,60455,648

Median household income

$79,733$103,911

Median home value

$330,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,454

Oak Lawn

Population

55,93657,098

Median household income

$64,476$82,493

Median home value

$204,000$267,900

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.0%
75 and over	8.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	64.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	20.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
Drove alone	69.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.6%
Public transit	4.3%	4.1%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.8%	10.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
1-unit, detached	57.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	15.2%
20 or more units	18.2%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Prospect	Oak Lawn
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1969	1967