Orland Park vs Skokie

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

Orland Park 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 57,961 in Orland Park). Orland Park has the higher median household income ($98,979 vs $93,550 in Skokie). Skokie has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $349,400 in Orland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Orland Park	Skokie
Population	57,961	66,427
Median age	46.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,979	$93,550
Median home value	$349,400	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,415	$1,491
Housing units	24,626	25,014
Homeownership rate	86.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orland Park	Skokie
Population	58,749 → 57,961 (-1.3%)	63,821 → 66,427 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$90,345 → $98,979 (+9.6%)	$73,046 → $93,550 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$287,700 → $349,400 (+21.4%)	$318,800 → $368,600 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,415 (+14.8%)	$1,271 → $1,491 (+17.3%)

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

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)

	Orland Park	Skokie
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.4%
75 and over	10.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orland Park	Skokie
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.0%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orland Park	Skokie
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	21.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orland Park	Skokie
Drove alone	71.6%	60.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.5%
Public transit	3.7%	5.5%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.8%	16.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orland Park	Skokie
1-unit, detached	57.5%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Orland Park	Skokie
Poverty rate	6.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1988	1959