Oak Park

Population & Demographics

Oak Park, IL

Oak Park is home to 53,292 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 28,200 resident workers commute each day.

IllinoisCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
53,292
people
Population

53,292 residents

Median age 40.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Oak Park population & demographics

Who lives in Oak Park — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
53,292
Median age
40.3yrs
Median household income
$110,820
Median home value
$465,500
Median gross rent
$1,593/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
72.5%
Poverty rate
7.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Oak Park

How Oak Park breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White61.5%
Black17.8%
Hispanic or Latino9.3%
Two or more races5.9%
Asian5.1%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Oak Park

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Oak Park.

Oak Park at a glance
Employed Residents
28,200
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
10.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
31.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chicago
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Oak Park proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Oak Park commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

39 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Oak Park

28,200 commutes, one dot at a time

Oak Park

Where 28,200 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Oak Park, by worker count.

1Chicago5.8 mi13,455
2Oak Park0.0 mi2,854
3Maywood2.9 mi468
4Oak Brook9.2 mi388
5River Forest1.5 mi370
6Downers Grove13.3 mi343
7Elmhurst8.0 mi334
8Schaumburg18.3 mi291

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Oak Park.

1Chicago5.8 mi5,740
2Oak Park0.0 mi2,854
3Berwyn2.9 mi616
4Forest Park1.4 mi402
5River Forest1.5 mi338
6Cicero3.1 mi313
7Elmwood Park2.9 mi228
8Aurora27.6 mi179

Top industries

The sectors that employ Oak Park’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance29.6%
EDEducational Services16.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.0%
RTRetail Trade7.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.4%
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation4.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services2.7%
AGAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting2.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Oak Park

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Oak Park

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