Oak Brook vs Oakbrook Terrace

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

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

Oak Brook has the higher population (8,028 vs 2,714 in Oakbrook Terrace). Oak Brook has the higher median household income ($171,123 vs $70,586 in Oakbrook Terrace). Oak Brook has the higher median home value ($867,900 vs $315,600 in Oakbrook Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
Population	8,028	2,714
Median age	51.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$171,123	$70,586
Median home value	$867,900	$315,600
Median gross rent	$2,921	$1,830
Housing units	3,151	1,447
Homeownership rate	93.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
Population	8,075 → 8,028 (-0.6%)	2,752 → 2,714 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$141,055 → $171,123 (+21.3%)	$72,326 → $70,586 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$801,100 → $867,900 (+8.3%)	$306,900 → $315,600 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $2,921 (+79.8%)	$1,584 → $1,830 (+15.5%)

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

Oakbrook Terrace

Population

2,7522,714

Median household income

$72,326$70,586

Median home value

$306,900$315,600

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
Under 5	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	6.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	4.5%	25.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.7%
75 and over	16.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	54.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.8%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	13.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.8%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
Drove alone	73.6%	64.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.9%
Public transit	3.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
1-unit, detached	84.1%	28.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	58.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Brook	Oakbrook Terrace
Poverty rate	7.3%	17.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1978	1977