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Oak Lawn, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Oak Lawn is a Census village of 56,861 people across 8.57 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $83,911, 82.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 53 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $26.7 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Oak Lawn
What Oak Lawn is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area8.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,634
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Oak Lawn
- Population56,861
- Median age40.3
- Population under 1813,272
- Share under 1823.3 percent
- Population 65 and over10,633
- Share 65 and over18.7 percent
- Households21,618
- Family households13,907
- Share of households that are families64.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Oak Lawn
- Median household income$83,911
- Per capita income$41,927
- Civilian labor force29,026
- Employed27,454
- Unemployed1,572 plus or minus 410
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over39,558
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Oak Lawn
- Housing units22,793
- Occupied units21,618
- Vacant units1,175 plus or minus 311
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied17,838
- Renter occupied3,780
- Ownership rate82.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$281,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,335
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.1 percent
- Single family units15,711
- Share single family68.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6,873
- Share in buildings of two or more30.2 percent
- Mobile homes209 plus or minus 122
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Oak Lawn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute23,947
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,455
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more12,217
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.0 percent
- Drove alone75.5 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent
- Public transport4.2 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home10.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Oak Lawn (7(a))
- Approvals53
- Gross approval$26,690,100
- Average approval$503,587
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$763,200
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported531
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.2 percent
- Share to franchises17.0 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS33
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Oak Lawn, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 4 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Oak Lawn (504)
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$7,775,000
- Average approval$863,889
- Median approval$476,000
- Largest approval$2,508,000
- Jobs supported55
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Oak Lawn, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 4 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Oak Lawn
- NFIP communityVillage of Oak Lawn
- NFIP community number170137
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/01/19
The Village of Oak Lawn participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170137 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cook County, not Oak Lawn
Cook County context, not Oak Lawn figures
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Oak Lawn.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Oak Lawn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oak Lawn, Illinois?
56,861, in 21,618 households. Oak Lawn village covers 8.57 square miles of land, which is 6,634 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oak Lawn in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Oak Lawn?
$83,911. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $281,200. Median gross rent is $1,335 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Oak Lawn businesses?
53 7(a) approvals totaling $26.7 m since FY2020, across 17 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $7.8 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Oak Lawn, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Oak Lawn borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Oak Lawn. Only 4 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Oak Lawn in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Oak Lawn appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Oak Lawn, village of, community 170137, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Oak Lawn figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Oak Lawn.
Is zoning published for Oak Lawn?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.