Oak Lawn is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 56,286 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Oak Lawn is the 22nd largest community in Illinois.

Oak Lawn real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Oak Lawn house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Oak Lawn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

For the size of the village, public transportation in Oak Lawn is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Oak Lawn, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The education level of Oak Lawn citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.26% of adults in Oak Lawn have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Oak Lawn in 2018 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.

Oak Lawn also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.41%.

The most common language spoken in Oak Lawn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.