Forest Park vs Hazel Crest

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

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

Forest Park has the higher population (14,000 vs 13,493 in Hazel Crest). Forest Park has the higher median household income ($81,323 vs $62,773 in Hazel Crest). Forest Park has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $181,400 in Hazel Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
Population	14,000	13,493
Median age	40.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,323	$62,773
Median home value	$293,800	$181,400
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,439
Housing units	7,777	5,459
Homeownership rate	53.6%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
Population	13,927 → 14,000 (+0.5%)	13,549 → 13,493 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$62,664 → $81,323 (+29.8%)	$54,347 → $62,773 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $293,800 (+25.5%)	$113,200 → $181,400 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,352 (+25.3%)	$1,589 → $1,439 (-9.4%)

Forest Park

Population

13,92714,000

Median household income

$62,664$81,323

Median home value

$234,100$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,352

Hazel Crest

Population

13,54913,493

Median household income

$54,347$62,773

Median home value

$113,200$181,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	19.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	6.5%
Black or African American	24.8%	85.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	17.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
Drove alone	54.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.4%
Public transit	10.8%	8.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	11.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
1-unit, detached	29.5%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	25.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Hazel Crest
Poverty rate	10.8%	21.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1949	1970