Oak Park vs Tinley Park

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

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

Tinley Park has the higher population (55,007 vs 53,315 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($108,026 vs $103,819 in Tinley Park). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $289,000 in Tinley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
Population	53,315	55,007
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,026	$103,819
Median home value	$456,300	$289,000
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,518
Housing units	24,673	22,881
Homeownership rate	60.7%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
Population	52,233 → 53,315 (+2.1%)	56,505 → 55,007 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$94,646 → $108,026 (+14.1%)	$78,343 → $103,819 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$387,300 → $456,300 (+17.8%)	$231,400 → $289,000 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,456 (+23.9%)	$1,198 → $1,518 (+26.7%)

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

Tinley Park

Population

56,50555,007

Median household income

$78,343$103,819

Median home value

$231,400$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	76.8%
Black or African American	19.3%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	8.5%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	38.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
Drove alone	44.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.3%
Public transit	16.2%	5.2%
Walked	4.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	27.7%	9.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
1-unit, detached	40.0%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	21.1%	13.8%
20 or more units	25.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park	Tinley Park
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1938	1987