One downside of living in Oak Lawn is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oak Lawn, the average commute to work is 32.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Oak Lawn is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Oak Lawn area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
In terms of college education, Oak Lawn is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.26% of adults in Oak Lawn have a college degree.
The per capita income in Oak Lawn in 2022 was $38,432, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,728 for a family of four. However, Oak Lawn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oak Lawn is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Oak Lawn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Lawn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oak Lawn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.83% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oak Lawn include Irish, Polish, German, Italian, and English.
In addition, Oak Lawn has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.41%).
The most common language spoken in Oak Lawn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
