 |
|
|
|
Quickly Find In The Tabs Below:
|
Detailed pages on related topics: Oak Park colleges • Oak Park travel • Oak Park mortgage and property.
Introduction to Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois, in Cook county, is 7 miles W of Chicago, Illinois. The village is in the Chicago area. There are 52,524 residents in Oak Park.
Oak Park History
Joseph Kettlestrings purchased the land, now known as Oak Park, in 1837. Galena and Chicago Union Railroad ran through this area around 1850. Oak Park was incorporated in 1902 as a village. Since its incorporation, the village was not allowed to sell alcohol within its limits. In 1973 this law was relaxed and restaurants and hotels were allowed to serve alcohol. At present, some grocery stores are also allowed to sell packaged liquor.
Oak Park and nearby Attractions
Things To Do In Oak Park
Oak Park is a popular tourist destination of the Chicago area. You can visit the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, the birthplace and boyhood home of Ernest Hemingway, and the homes of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan. The Paragon Gallery is also worth visiting. In addition, you can visit the Robert Louis Stevenson Recreation Center, Euclid Square Park, Oak Park Swimming Pool, Ridgeland Commons Park, Greenfields Park, and Ridgeland Park.
Oak Park Transportation
Chicago Midway International Airport can be reached within a few minutes.
Oak Park Higher Education
Morton College, Triton College, and City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College are among the nearby colleges.
Oak Park strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Illinois):
| Category | Trophy | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Transportation Use (vs. Peers) | Top 2% |  |
| Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers) | Top 2% | |
| College Educated Adults (vs. Peers) | Top 3% | |
| Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers) | Top 5% | |
| Racial Diversity (vs. State) | Top 9% | |
| Median Family Income (vs. Peers) | Top 10% | |
| Walking and Biking to Work (vs. State) | Top 11% | |
| People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers) | Top 16% | |
Comparing Oak Park to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Illinois (State):
Ratings range from 
(lowest) to 
(highest).
| Characteristic | Compared to Peers | Compared to State |
|---|---|---|
| Well-Paid Single Women | | |
| Well-Paid Single Men | | |
| Female Share of the Population | |  |
| Racial Diversity |  | |
| Age of the Population |  |  |
| Children Under 5 Years Old | | |
| Senior Citizens |  |  |
| Male Share of the Population | | |
| Characteristic | Compared to Peers | Compared to State |
|---|---|---|
| Portion of People Married | | |
| Average Household Size | | |
| Characteristic | Compared to Peers | Compared to State |
|---|---|---|
| College Educated Adults | | |
| Median Family Income | | |
| People in Middle Class or Better | | |
| People Above Poverty |  | |
| Characteristic | Compared to Peers | Compared to State |
|---|---|---|
| Public Transportation Use | | |
| Working at Home | | |
| Walking and Biking to Work | | |
| Short Commute Times | | |
| Characteristic | Compared to Peers | Compared to State |
|---|---|---|
| People Living Alone | | |
| Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals | | |
| Affordability of Rents | | |
| Seasonal and Vacation Housing | | |
| Affordability of Property Taxes | | |
| Housing Recently Built | | |
Detailed pages on related topics: Oak Park colleges • Oak Park travel • Oak Park mortgage and property.
|
|
|
 | Oak Park Colleges Oak Park colleges and trade schools. |
 | Oak Park Hotels & Travel Oak Park hotels, landmarks, tourism, transportation. |
 | Oak Park Mortgage Oak Park property, mortgage, and real estate. |
 |
 |
||||
|
|||||
 |
 |
|
|
||||||
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
||||
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
We've crunched the numbers to create PlaceMatch™, which compares thousands of cities and towns to find the places most similar to each.
Are you an official in the Oak Park government or quasi-government agency such as the chamber of commerce, visitors bureau or economic development council? If so, visit our information page for government officials to see how CityTownInfo can support you.
Webmasters & Bloggers: Please link to this page on Oak Park. Just copy the HTML below and paste it into your web page or blog.
Copyright © 2004-2010. All Rights Reserved. Moving Traffic, Inc., operator of CityTownInfo.com, is not a broker or a lender, and all offers for loans or mortgages found on this site are made solely by the advertiser.
