Oak Lawn, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 53,244 (All urban)

Oak Lawn, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 22,912 (22,276 occupied: 18,449 owner occupied, 3,827 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	17%
State:	33%

Housing density: 2666 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $344,308.

Median contract rent in 2007: $825 (lower quartile is $773, upper quartile is $926)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $838

Median gross rent in Oak Lawn, IL in 2007: $903

Housing units in Oak Lawn with a mortgage: 8,408 (851 second mortgage, 1,231 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,872

Oak Lawn,IL index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $269,564 (it was $147,600 in 2000)

Oak Lawn:	$269,564
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $223,955 - $329,681

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $291,115
Here: $291,115
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $235,615
Here: $235,615
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $423,510
Here: $423,510
State: $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $218,699
Here: $218,699
State: $330,214

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $176,657
Here: $176,657
State: $275,408

Mobile homes: $47,427
Here: $47,427
State: $35,670

Household type by relationship

Households: 54,901

In family households: 46,575 (11,737 male householders, 2,992 female householders)
11,873 spouses, 16,742 children (16,019 natural, 339 adopted, 384 stepchildren), 849 grandchildren, 611 brothers or sisters, 447 parents, 894 other relatives, 430 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 8,326 (2,516 male householders (2,204 living alone)), 5,048 female householders (4,676 living alone)), 762 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 490 (476 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,453 2-persons, 3,134 3-persons, 2,700 4-persons, 1,513 5-persons, 625 6-persons, 304 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,880 1-person, 647 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

9,641 married couples with children.
1,547 single-parent households (356 men, 1,191 women).

82.5% of residents of Oak Lawn speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
9.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 6,380 (11.5%)
(63.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oak Lawn, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 74 3 rooms: 545 4 rooms: 2,051 5 rooms: 4,863 6 rooms: 4,498 7 rooms: 3,470 8 rooms: 1,990 9 or more rooms: 958

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oak Lawn, Illinois:
	1 room: 56 2 rooms: 238 3 rooms: 778 4 rooms: 1,343 5 rooms: 933 6 rooms: 234 7 rooms: 132 8 rooms: 57 9 or more rooms: 56

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 156
1995 to 1998: 479
1990 to 1994: 904
1980 to 1989: 1,764
1970 to 1979: 4,945
1960 to 1969: 6,483
1950 to 1959: 5,220
1940 to 1949: 1,918
1939 or earlier: 1,043

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Oak Lawn:
	no bedroom: 19 1 bedroom: 586 2 bedrooms: 4,908 3 bedrooms: 9,730 4 bedrooms: 2,706 5 or more bedrooms: 500

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oak Lawn:
	no bedroom: 73 1 bedroom: 1,146 2 bedrooms: 2,062 3 bedrooms: 440 4 bedrooms: 67 5 or more bedrooms: 39

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Oak Lawn in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,299 1 vehicle: 6,752 2 vehicles: 7,472 3 vehicles: 2,220 4 vehicles: 541 5 or more vehicles: 165

Cars and other vehicles available in Oak Lawn in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 502 1 vehicle: 2,179 2 vehicles: 971 3 vehicles: 130 4 vehicles: 28 5 or more vehicles: 17

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Oak Lawn, IL:

Less than $10,000: 29
$10,000 to $14,999: 15
$15,000 to $19,999: 15
$20,000 to $24,999: 15
$25,000 to $29,999: 27
$30,000 to $34,999: 39
$35,000 to $39,999: 24
$40,000 to $49,999: 32
$50,000 to $59,999: 15
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 19
$80,000 to $89,999: 27
$90,000 to $99,999: 47
$100,000 to $124,999: 460
$125,000 to $149,999: 850
$150,000 to $174,999: 1104
$175,000 to $199,999: 1339
$200,000 to $249,999: 3293
$250,000 to $299,999: 4144
$300,000 to $399,999: 4479
$400,000 to $499,999: 1170
$500,000 to $749,999: 530
$750,000 to $999,999: 39
$1,000,000 or more: 71

Oak Lawn rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Oak Lawn:

Less than $100: 7 people
$100 to $149: 7
$150 to $199: 10
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 3
$300 to $349: 8
$350 to $399: 19
$400 to $449: 39
$450 to $499: 32
$500 to $549: 64
$550 to $599: 91
$600 to $649: 124
$650 to $699: 303
$700 to $749: 326
$750 to $799: 454
$800 to $899: 907
$900 to $999: 589
$1,000 to $1,249: 385
$1,250 to $1,499: 92
$1,500 to $1,999: 62
$2,000 or more: 42
No cash rent: 130

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 762 1990 to 1994: 1,082 1985 to 1989: 628 1980 to 1984: 545 1975 to 1979: 369 1970 to 1974: 474 1970 to 1974: 509 1965 to 1969: 2,011

Oak Lawn, IL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.0%
Number of people working at home: 510 (2.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 463
5 to 9 minutes: 2283
10 to 14 minutes: 3121
15 to 19 minutes: 2548
20 to 24 minutes: 2579
25 to 29 minutes: 1119
30 to 34 minutes: 2963
35 to 39 minutes: 814
40 to 44 minutes: 1367
45 to 59 minutes: 3325
60 to 89 minutes: 2806
90 or more minutes: 546

Oak Lawn mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 19,345 (79%)
Carpooled: 2,037 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 475 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 336 (1%)
Railroad: 1,190 (5%)
Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
Bicycle: 8 (0%)
Walked: 431 (2%)
Other means: 85 (0%)
Worked at home: 510 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1122
$10,000 to $14,999: 1149
$15,000 to $19,999: 1246
$20,000 to $24,999: 1261
$25,000 to $29,999: 1496
$30,000 to $34,999: 1504
$35,000 to $39,999: 1486
$40,000 to $44,999: 1255
$45,000 to $49,999: 1099
$50,000 to $59,999: 2147
$60,000 to $74,999: 2571
$75,000 to $99,999: 3022
$100,000 to $124,999: 1604
$125,000 to $149,999: 532
$150,000 to $199,999: 454
$200,000 or more: 345

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 12707

Polish: 8414

German: 6044

Other groups: 4390

Italian: 4316

Arab:: 2132

Lithuanian: 1622

Greek: 1276

United States or American: 1240

English: 1163

Arab/Arabic: 1070

Swedish: 811

Dutch: 736

Czech: 618

Palestinian: 567

Croatian: 498

French (except Basque): 477

Austrian: 472

Scotch-Irish: 380

Scottish: 354

Slovak: 293

Danish: 272

Russian: 246

Ukrainian: 228

Jordanian: 194

Czechoslovakian: 186

Norwegian: 182

Hungarian: 167

French Canadian: 138

Syrian: 114

Scandinavian: 88

Canadian: 72

Lebanese: 63

Slovene: 56

Moroccan: 50

European: 46

Other Arab: 45

British: 37

Belgian: 34

Swiss: 34

Albanian: 32

Serbian: 32

Egyptian: 29

Subsaharan African:: 28

African: 28

Iranian: 24

Finnish: 24

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 22

Yugoslavian: 21

Welsh: 20

Northern European: 19

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 18

Armenian: 17

Jamaican: 17

Romanian: 15

Pennsylvania German: 9

Slavic: 7

Brazilian: 7

Luxemburger: 7

Acadian/Cajun: 7

Icelander: 6

Belizean: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Poland (20%)
Mexico (12%)
Ireland (9%)
Jordan (6%)
Other Eastern Europe (6%)
Asia, n.e.c. (5%)
Greece (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 44403
Northeast: 601
Midwest: 2207
South: 1137
West: 394

70% of Oak Lawn residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Illinois.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 87
Nursery to 4th grade: 20
5th and 6th grade: 144
7th and 8th grade: 581
9th grade: 352
10th grade: 514
11th grade: 347
12th grade, no diploma: 756
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,360
Less than 1 year of college: 1,396
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,877
Associate degree: 1,035
Bachelor's degree: 2,733
Master's degree: 979
Professional school degree: 349
Doctorate degree: 117

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 127
Nursery to 4th grade: 90
5th and 6th grade: 206
7th and 8th grade: 873
9th grade: 357
10th grade: 748
11th grade: 482
12th grade, no diploma: 776
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,051
Less than 1 year of college: 1,752
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,796
Associate degree: 1,215
Bachelor's degree: 2,789
Master's degree: 958
Professional school degree: 230
Doctorate degree: 41

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $58,080
Black householders: $39,295
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $38,190
Asian householders: $62,399
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $57,743
Some other race householders: $64,863
Two or more races householders: $37,670
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $62,409

Oak Lawn household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Oak Lawn household income for Black householders

Oak Lawn household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Oak Lawn household income for Asian householders

Oak Lawn household income for Some other race householders

Oak Lawn household income for Two or more races householders

Oak Lawn household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Oak Lawn marital status for males

Oak Lawn marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $285,817
Black or African American householders: $329,466
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $294,766
Asian householders: $305,724
Some other race householders: $312,482
Two or more races householders: $299,149
Hispanic or Latino householders: $300,976

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 14,890
One, attached: 368
Two: 355
3 or 4: 909
5 to 9: 1,634
10 to 19: 2,492
20 to 49: 1,472
50 or more: 474
Mobile homes: 318

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,346

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Oak Lawn:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (91%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (74%) Electricity (24%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,592

Here:	27.9%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 941

Here:	33.0%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 670

Here:	30.4%
Illinois:	25.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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