Bedford Park vs Forest View

A side-by-side comparison of Bedford Park and Forest View: population, income, housing, and more.

Bedford Park and Forest View are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest View has the higher population (1,022 vs 594 in Bedford Park). Bedford Park has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $108,833 in Forest View). Bedford Park has the higher median home value ($266,800 vs $257,100 in Forest View).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Park	Forest View
Population	594	1,022
Median age	39.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$108,833
Median home value	$266,800	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,771	—
Housing units	200	307
Homeownership rate	82.1%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Park	Forest View
Population	614 → 594 (-3.3%)	943 → 1,022 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$86,944 → $111,250 (+28.0%)	$76,250 → $108,833 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$194,100 → $266,800 (+37.5%)	$194,900 → $257,100 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,771 (+32.1%)	$1,550 → $1,042 (-32.8%)

Bedford Park

Population

614594

Median household income

$86,944$111,250

Median home value

$194,100$266,800

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,771

Forest View

Population

9431,022

Median household income

$76,250$108,833

Median home value

$194,900$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Park	Forest View
Under 5	12.0%	13.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.2%
75 and over	7.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Park	Forest View
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	49.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	41.4%	50.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Park	Forest View
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Park	Forest View
Drove alone	84.9%	65.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	8.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Park	Forest View
1-unit, detached	98.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Park	Forest View
Poverty rate	10.1%	1.7%
Average household size	3.03	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1947	1955