Oak Brook, Illinois
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 0.4% since 2020.
8,108
people, the 259th-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
99.5%
of 45,545 jobs located in Oak Brook are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 445% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$2,590
a month. Illinois's median is $1,274.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,338 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in DuPage County.
- $1,163 Tract 8409.06
- $3,501 Tract 8403.04
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$1,272–$1,908
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $2,590 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 135 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 87% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.1–13.5% to the 3,373 homes here.
3–455
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 243% more than Illinois's.
$903,200
median home value in Oak Brook.
- $903,200 Oak Brook
- $263,300 Illinois
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year