Oak Lawn vs Skokie

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

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

Skokie has the higher population (66,427 vs 57,098 in Oak Lawn). Skokie has the higher median household income ($93,550 vs $82,493 in Oak Lawn). Skokie has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $267,900 in Oak Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
Population	57,098	66,427
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,493	$93,550
Median home value	$267,900	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,491
Housing units	23,115	25,014
Homeownership rate	82.5%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
Population	55,936 → 57,098 (+2.1%)	63,821 → 66,427 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$64,476 → $82,493 (+27.9%)	$73,046 → $93,550 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$204,000 → $267,900 (+31.3%)	$318,800 → $368,600 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,310 (+22.2%)	$1,271 → $1,491 (+17.3%)

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

Skokie

Population

63,82166,427

Median household income

$73,046$93,550

Median home value

$318,800$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.4%
75 and over	6.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	7.5%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
Drove alone	74.7%	60.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.5%
Public transit	4.1%	5.5%
Walked	2.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.5%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
1-unit, detached	67.6%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Oak Lawn	Skokie
Poverty rate	9.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1967	1959