Oak Park vs Columbus
Oak Park, IL compared with Columbus, IN · 210 miles apart
Oak Park has 52,823 residents to Columbus’s 52,655. Oak Park comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Columbus does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.
| Oak Park, IL | Columbus, IN | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 52,823 | 52,655 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 11,239 | 1,754 |
| Median household income | $110,820 | $77,456 |
| Median home value | $465,500 | $244,200 |
| Median rent | $1,593 | $1,157 |
| Homeownership | 60% | 60.8% |
| Average commute | 31.6 min | 19.4 min |
| Median age | 40.3 | 36.5 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 72.5% | 40% |
| Poverty rate | 7.4% | 11.3% |
| Unemployment | 5.6% | 4.7% |
| Price to income | 4.2× | 3.2× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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