Forest Park is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 13,802 people and three associated neighborhoods, Forest Park is the 171st largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Forest Park was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Forest Park is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 91.46% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Forest Park is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest Park who work in management occupations (11.14%), sales jobs (10.23%), and healthcare (9.31%). Also of interest is that Forest Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Forest Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.64% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Forest Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.64 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the village is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. Despite being a small village, Forest Park has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Forest Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Forest Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.44% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Forest Park in 2022 was $54,017, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $216,068 for a family of four. However, Forest Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Forest Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Forest Park include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
