Oak Lawn vs Oak Park

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

Oak Lawn 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 Lawn has the higher population (57,098 vs 53,315 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($108,026 vs $82,493 in Oak Lawn). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
Population	57,098	53,315
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,493	$108,026
Median home value	$267,900	$456,300
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,456
Housing units	23,115	24,673
Homeownership rate	82.5%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
Population	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)	52,233 → 53,315 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)	$94,646 → $108,026 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)	$387,300 → $456,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)	$1,175 → $1,456 (+23.9%)

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

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)

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	61.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
Drove alone	74.7%	44.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.9%
Public transit	4.1%	16.2%
Walked	2.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	27.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	67.6%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	21.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Lawn	Oak Park
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1967	1938