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Median Home Price in Oak Lawn, IL

The median home value in Oak Lawn, IL is $301,108 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.13% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$301,108

Year-over-Year

+6.13%

Population

54,953

Oak Lawn ranks #154 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 5.6% below the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $344,339.

Housing affordability in Oak Lawn

Median household income in Oak Lawn is $83,911, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Oak Lawn

Oak Lawn police recorded a violent crime rate of 180 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,727 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Oak Lawn

What is the average home price in Oak Lawn, IL?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Oak Lawn, that value is $301,108. That's up 6.13% from a year earlier. It is about 5.6% below the typical Illinois city tracked here.

Is Oak Lawn expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Oak Lawn are cheaper than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $344,339 — a difference of about 12.6%.

Is Oak Lawn affordable?

Median household income here is $83,911, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Oak Lawn a safe place to live?

Oak Lawn police reported 180 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 54,953. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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