Mount Prospect vs Oak Park

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

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

Mount Prospect has the higher population (55,648 vs 53,315 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($108,026 vs $103,911 in Mount Prospect). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $377,000 in Mount Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
Population	55,648	53,315
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,911	$108,026
Median home value	$377,000	$456,300
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,456
Housing units	23,068	24,673
Homeownership rate	70.0%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
Population	54,604 → 55,648 (+1.9%)	52,233 → 53,315 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$79,733 → $103,911 (+30.3%)	$94,646 → $108,026 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$330,200 → $377,000 (+14.2%)	$387,300 → $456,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,454 (+28.4%)	$1,175 → $1,456 (+23.9%)

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 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)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
No high school diploma	8.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	20.1%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
Drove alone	69.9%	44.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.9%
Public transit	4.3%	16.2%
Walked	1.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.8%	27.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	57.0%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	21.1%
20 or more units	18.2%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Prospect	Oak Park
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1969	1938