Park Forest is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 23,278 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Park Forest is the 94th largest community in Illinois.

Park Forest is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Park Forest is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Park Forest who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.12%), sales jobs (10.71%), and teaching (8.50%).

In addition, Park Forest is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One downside of living in Park Forest is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Park Forest, the average commute to work is 32.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Park Forest Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Park Forest is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.95% of adults in Park Forest have a college degree.

The per capita income in Park Forest in 2000 was $21,493, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,972 for a family of four.

Park Forest is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Park Forest home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Park Forest is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Park Forest include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Park Forest is English. Some people also speak Spanish.