City profile · Town
Oak Forest, Illinois
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Oak Forest, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- James Hortsman
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 28,051
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceoak-forest.org/212/Mayors-Office ↗
- Official leadership pageoak-forest.org/212/Mayors-Office ↗
- City websiteoak-forest.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- James Hortsman CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Martin Meagher FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 28,051
- Median household income
- $89,758
- Median age
- 39.8
- Land area
- 6.03 sq mi
- Population density
- 4,651.9 per sq mi
- County
- Cook County
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$98M
- City hall phone
- (708) 687-4050
- Official website
- oak-forest.org ↗
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