Oak Lawn is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 55,734 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Oak Lawn is the 22nd largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Oak Lawn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.03% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Oak Lawn is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oak Lawn, the average commute to work is 31.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Oak Lawn use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Oak Lawn‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The overall education level of Oak Lawn citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.23% of adults in Oak Lawn have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Oak Lawn in 2022 was $40,136, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,544 for a family of four. However, Oak Lawn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Oak Lawn is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Oak Lawn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Lawn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oak Lawn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.75% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oak Lawn include Irish, Polish, German, Italian, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Oak Lawn's cultural character, accounting for 16.49% of the village’s population.

The most common language spoken in Oak Lawn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.