Oakwood Hills vs Pistakee Highlands

A side-by-side comparison of Oakwood Hills and Pistakee Highlands: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakwood Hills and Pistakee Highlands are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pistakee Highlands has the higher population (3,214 vs 2,454 in Oakwood Hills). Oakwood Hills has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $92,304 in Pistakee Highlands). Oakwood Hills has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $198,700 in Pistakee Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
Population	2,454	3,214
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$92,304
Median home value	$273,200	$198,700
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,864
Housing units	960	1,326
Homeownership rate	91.9%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
Population	2,336 → 2,454 (+5.1%)	3,217 → 3,214 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$96,719 → $113,125 (+17.0%)	$70,404 → $92,304 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $273,200 (+23.6%)	$152,600 → $198,700 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,667 (+32.8%)	$1,222 → $1,864 (+52.5%)

Oakwood Hills

Population

2,3362,454

Median household income

$96,719$113,125

Median home value

$221,100$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,667

Pistakee Highlands

Population

3,2173,214

Median household income

$70,404$92,304

Median home value

$152,600$198,700

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	19.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.0%
75 and over	4.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
Drove alone	79.3%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	11.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
1-unit, detached	94.7%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood Hills	Pistakee Highlands
Poverty rate	4.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1980	1965