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Forrest, IL

1,008 Population
0.6 square miles 1,554.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,871 ±$4,061 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $36,002 ±$1,778
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$70,417 ±$5,702 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $70,796 ±$3,681
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.7% ±6.2% (147  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,380 (±1.4% / ±463)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

30.3 minutes ±7.5 (14,040  ±4,484) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 22.3 337,920 (±1.6 / ±27,094)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

451 ±64 Number of households
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 14,614 ±277
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (1,008  ±150) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2.3 33,638 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

2.9% ±2.8% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 6.2% † 447 (±1.9% / ±138)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

472 ±68 Number of housing units
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 15,930 ±54
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$104,000 ±$18,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $131,500 ±$7,802
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

15.4% ±6.6% (154  ±69.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 9.8% † 3,443 (±1.6% / ±579.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.2% ±19.9% (586  ±90.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 90.3% 22,724 (±3.2% / ±807.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
18.5% ±6.8% (120  ±48) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 18.5% 4,649 (±1.7% / ±431.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.4% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2% 706
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.3% ±4.6% (63  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 7.5% † 2,083 (±0.9% / ±259)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
63 Total veterans ±36 63 Male ±36 N/A Female ±12

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