Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
73% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Oak Park Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. We don’t grade Oak Park Township yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Oak Park Township beats most towns.
Where Oak Park Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 19,444 in 1910, 54,583 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Park Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw13 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw9 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Park Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Park Township.
Its public schools are run by Oak Park ESD 97. Three of its 22 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 947 | A |
| Oak Park & River Forest High SchLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,307 | A+ |
| Horace Mann Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 419 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts
31% of workers work from home in Oak Park Township, above both Illinois’ towns (11%) and U.S. towns (11%). The average trip to work in Oak Park Township is 32 minutes. Most working residents leave Oak Park Township for work: only 10% work in town.
| Oak Park Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 31% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Oak Park Township since 1997.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oak Park Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
8.9% of adults report frequent physical distress in Oak Park Township.
| Oak Park Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Oak Park Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2.7 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves.
| Oak Park Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lindberg Park | 1.3 mi | 14 |
| 2. Maple Park | 0.6 mi | 8 |
| 3. Ridgeland Commons Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
57 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Park Township
About 6 of every 100 Oak Park Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Oak Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, adjacent to Chicago. It is the 26th-most populous municipality in Illinois, with a population of 54,318 as of the 2020 census. Oak Park was first settled in 1835 and later incorporated in 1902, when it separated from Cicero. It is closely tied to the smaller village of River Forest sharing a chamber of commerce and a high school, Oak Park and River Forest High School. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife settled in Oak Park in 1889, and his work heavily influenced local architecture and design, including the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio. Over the years, rapid development was spurred by railroads and streetcars connect…
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2 towns share a border with Oak Park Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oak Park | #400 | B | D | D | A | A+ |
| Chicago | #676 | C− | C− | D | C | B+ |
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