One downside of living in Oak Lawn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.19 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Oak Lawn use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Oak Lawn‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
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 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.
