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Oak Forest, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Oak Forest, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 27,969. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet OAK-FOREST-IL · Oak Forest, IL 1 ZIPs · 27,969 pop · #5686/25278 · Cook County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $93,076
  • RANK-UPPER #5686/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Skokie
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-SMALL 27,969
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $256,000

Nearest income peer: Skokie, IL (+ $3,095 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Oak Forest

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Oak Forest on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Oak Forest, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
27,969
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,076
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,076 and home value $256,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Oak Forest as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Waggoner is the closest lower-income city and Dewitt the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Oak Forest.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 60452, is all of Oak Forest

There is no split to weigh here: 60452 holds every one of Oak Forest's 27,969 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Oak Forest's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 444 establishments, 5,281 employees , annual payroll $201,358k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60452 (444 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (58) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Oak Forest, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Cook County, which covers 163 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Oak Forest. See the Cook County roll-up →

Oak Forest lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Cook County: Arlington Heights, Evanston and Palatine earn more and Chicago, Des Plaines and Cicero earn less. Chicago Heights marks the far end of that range at $62,073, 33% below Oak Forest.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60452 27,969 $93,076 444 1,161
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Oak Forest roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Oak Forest, .