Ford Heights vs Forest View

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

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

Ford Heights has the higher population (1,587 vs 1,022 in Forest View). Forest View has the higher median household income ($108,833 vs $34,323 in Ford Heights). Forest View has the higher median home value ($257,100 vs $48,000 in Ford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ford Heights	Forest View
Population	1,587	1,022
Median age	41.9 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,323	$108,833
Median home value	$48,000	$257,100
Median gross rent	$924	—
Housing units	888	307
Homeownership rate	43.9%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford Heights	Forest View
Population	2,736 → 1,587 (-42.0%)	943 → 1,022 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $34,323 (+0.5%)	$76,250 → $108,833 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $48,000 (+2.8%)	$194,900 → $257,100 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $924 (+32.2%)	$1,550 → $1,042 (-32.8%)

Ford Heights

Population

2,7361,587

Median household income

$34,167$34,323

Median home value

$46,700$48,000

Median gross rent

$699$924

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)

	Ford Heights	Forest View
Under 5	3.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.2%
75 and over	11.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford Heights	Forest View
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	49.1%
Black or African American	98.4%	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	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	50.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford Heights	Forest View
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	54.8%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford Heights	Forest View
Drove alone	66.5%	65.4%
Carpooled	21.7%	12.1%
Public transit	11.8%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford Heights	Forest View
1-unit, detached	73.5%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford Heights	Forest View
Poverty rate	40.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.59	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1965	1955