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River Forest Community School Corporation, IN

6,384 Population
5.9 square miles 1,075.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,768 ±$3,841 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,960 ±$8,678 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20% ±8.3% (1,260  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±5.8 (55,665  ±10,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,502 ±289 Number of households
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (6,384  ±807) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±5.4% (110  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,742 ±291 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,000 ±$21,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±5.5% (723  ±359.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.2% ±1.8% (3,122  ±376.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.8% ±2.7% (391  ±116.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 25.8% 88,466 (±0.6% / ±2,087.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

12.2% ±4.3% (778  ±294) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.6% (252  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
252 Total veterans ±82 251 Male ±82 1 Female ±2

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