Oak Lawn vs Palatine

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

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

Palatine has the higher population (66,548 vs 57,098 in Oak Lawn). Palatine has the higher median household income ($95,950 vs $82,493 in Oak Lawn). Palatine has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
Population	57,098	66,548
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,493	$95,950
Median home value	$267,900	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,467
Housing units	23,115	28,170
Homeownership rate	82.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
Population	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)	68,407 → 66,548 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)	$80,526 → $95,950 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)	$284,400 → $347,900 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)	$1,200 → $1,467 (+22.3%)

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

Palatine

Population

68,40766,548

Median household income

$80,526$95,950

Median home value

$284,400$347,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	59.7%
Black or African American	7.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	29.6%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
Drove alone	74.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.9%
Public transit	4.1%	2.3%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	18.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
1-unit, detached	67.6%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	21.4%
20 or more units	6.4%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Oak Lawn	Palatine
Poverty rate	9.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1967	1977