Oak Lawn vs Orland Park

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

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

Orland Park has the higher population (57,961 vs 57,098 in Oak Lawn). Orland Park has the higher median household income ($98,979 vs $82,493 in Oak Lawn). Orland Park has the higher median home value ($349,400 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
Population	57,098	57,961
Median age	40.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,493	$98,979
Median home value	$267,900	$349,400
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,415
Housing units	23,115	24,626
Homeownership rate	82.5%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
Population	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)	58,749 → 57,961 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)	$90,345 → $98,979 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)	$287,700 → $349,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)	$1,233 → $1,415 (+14.8%)

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

Orland Park

Population

58,74957,961

Median household income

$90,345$98,979

Median home value

$287,700$349,400

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.0%
75 and over	6.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	79.4%
Black or African American	7.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
Drove alone	74.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.7%
Public transit	4.1%	3.7%
Walked	2.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	14.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
1-unit, detached	67.6%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	12.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Lawn	Orland Park
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1967	1988