Itasca vs Oak Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Itasca and Oak Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Itasca has the higher population (9,525 vs 8,028 in Oak Brook). Oak Brook has the higher median household income ($171,123 vs $111,898 in Itasca). Oak Brook has the higher median home value ($867,900 vs $375,600 in Itasca).

Population, income & housing

	Itasca	Oak Brook
Population	9,525	8,028
Median age	42.4 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,898	$171,123
Median home value	$375,600	$867,900
Median gross rent	$1,779	$2,921
Housing units	4,090	3,151
Homeownership rate	68.6%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Itasca	Oak Brook
Population	9,224 → 9,525 (+3.3%)	8,075 → 8,028 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$93,958 → $111,898 (+19.1%)	$141,055 → $171,123 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $375,600 (+17.6%)	$801,100 → $867,900 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,779 (+39.3%)	$1,625 → $2,921 (+79.8%)

Itasca

Population

9,2249,525

Median household income

$93,958$111,898

Median home value

$319,500$375,600

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,779

Oak Brook

Population

8,0758,028

Median household income

$141,055$171,123

Median home value

$801,100$867,900

Median gross rent

$1,625$2,921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Itasca	Oak Brook
Under 5	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	4.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.1%
75 and over	5.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Itasca	Oak Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	29.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Itasca	Oak Brook
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	20.9%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Itasca	Oak Brook
Drove alone	63.9%	73.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.7%
Public transit	4.5%	3.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	16.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Itasca	Oak Brook
1-unit, detached	47.9%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.9%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Itasca	Oak Brook
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1978	1978