Illinois · Census place 26935
Forest Park village, IL
Quick answer
Forest Park village has 14,000 residents, ranking #177 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $81,323, the median home is worth $293,800 and median gross rent runs $1,352 a month.
- Population
- 14,000Forest Park village residents
- Median household income
- $81,323Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $293,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,352Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 53.6%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Forest Park village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Forest Park village median would spend about 20% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.8% of residents and 53.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Glen Carbon village 13,521
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