What is the population of Oak Park city?

Oak Park city has 29,370 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #38 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Oak Park city?

Median household income in Oak Park city is $65,882 a year, 16.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oak Park city?

Median gross rent is $1,354 a month and the median home value is $198,500, so rent absorbs about 24.7% of median household income.

Is Oak Park city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oak Park city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Oak Park, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Oak Park, Michigan (Oak Park, MI — Census place “Oak Park city”) is 29,370 residents, ranking #38 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $65,882, the median home is worth $198,500 and median gross rent runs $1,354 a month. Looking for the Oak Park Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Oak Park, MI: 48237.

Population: 29,370Oak Park city residents
Median household income: $65,882Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,354Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.3%Owner-occupied households

Oak Park ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oak Park.

The Oak Park MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48237

What the numbers mean in Oak Park city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Oak Park city median would spend about 24.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 59.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Oak Park city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Oak Park city is a small city in Michigan, with 29,370 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #38 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 37.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Oak Park city earn a median of $65,882 a year, 16.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Oak Park city is valued at $198,500, 34.6% below the national figure and 20% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,354 a month, 3.7% below the national figure, or roughly $16,248 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Oak Park city?: Oak Park city has 29,370 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #38 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Oak Park city?: Median household income in Oak Park city is $65,882 a year, 16.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oak Park city?: Median gross rent is $1,354 a month and the median home value is $198,500, so rent absorbs about 24.7% of median household income.
Is Oak Park city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oak Park city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Oak Park city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.