With 56,861 people, Oak Lawn is a city in Illinois. Owners hold 83% of the housing stock. There are 6,634 people per square mile. 94% were living in the same home a year earlier. The typical home is worth $281,200, having more than doubled since 2000. About 32% of adults have finished a four-year degree.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,911, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.3
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Oak Lawn
What changed most since 1990
White share96.5% → 63.1%(−33.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share2.2% → 24.0%(+21.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Poverty rate3.4% → 9.6%(+6.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.2%(355)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.7%(230)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.9%(438)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(84)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(27)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,465 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Oak Lawn, decade by decade
Oak Lawn population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
56,182
$92,799
$256,567
17.6%
8.6
2000
55,245
$86,683
$268,876
20.9%
23.4
2010
56,690
$84,948
$332,310
25.7%
47.8
2020
58,362
$84,057
$256,346
33.4%
66.2
2024
56,861
$83,911
$281,200
31.6%
67.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
