Evergreen Park vs Park Forest

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

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

Park Forest has the higher population (20,898 vs 19,498 in Evergreen Park). Evergreen Park has the higher median household income ($95,738 vs $62,305 in Park Forest). Evergreen Park has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $106,200 in Park Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
Population	19,498	20,898
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,738	$62,305
Median home value	$255,700	$106,200
Median gross rent	$1,425	$1,341
Housing units	7,707	9,015
Homeownership rate	83.4%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
Population	19,479 → 19,498 (+0.1%)	21,563 → 20,898 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$75,657 → $95,738 (+26.5%)	$53,938 → $62,305 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$193,300 → $255,700 (+32.3%)	$73,600 → $106,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,425 (+20.6%)	$1,211 → $1,341 (+10.7%)

Evergreen Park

Population

19,47919,498

Median household income

$75,657$95,738

Median home value

$193,300$255,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,425

Park Forest

Population

21,56320,898

Median household income

$53,938$62,305

Median home value

$73,600$106,200

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
Under 5	10.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.2%
75 and over	3.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	18.5%
Black or African American	22.2%	69.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
Drove alone	69.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.3%
Public transit	5.9%	7.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.3%	6.5%
Other means	2.2%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
1-unit, detached	85.8%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	25.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen Park	Park Forest
Poverty rate	5.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1955	1958