Oak Park, Illinois Demographics

Oak Park is 5th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Oak Park is 11th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Oak Park is 14th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Oak Park is 15th in Illinois out of 324 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Oak Park is 17th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Race - Two or More

Oak Park is 18th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Housing units

Oak Park is 19th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Households

Size Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	52,015	29th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.7	240th	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11,037.9	5th	231.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	168th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	189th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	235th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	96.3%	32nd	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	67.5%	14th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	67.7%	269th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.7%	51st	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	216th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.8%	90th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	197th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.6%	17th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	173rd	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.8%	252nd	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	53.6%	24th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.2%	137th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	24,519	18th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	55.1%	11th	32.9%	25.9%
Households	21,910	19th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.1%	284th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$381,100	34th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	280th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$45,990	30th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$74,141	97th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.6%	199th	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Oak Park	Rank	Illinois	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,992	15th	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$315,281	115th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,936	270th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$71,505	60th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732