Forest Park vs Hickory Hills

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

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

Hickory Hills has the higher population (14,718 vs 14,000 in Forest Park). Hickory Hills has the higher median household income ($85,541 vs $81,323 in Forest Park). Forest Park has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $278,400 in Hickory Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
Population	14,000	14,718
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,323	$85,541
Median home value	$293,800	$278,400
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,112
Housing units	7,777	5,761
Homeownership rate	53.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
Population	13,927 → 14,000 (+0.5%)	13,816 → 14,718 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$62,664 → $81,323 (+29.8%)	$65,226 → $85,541 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $293,800 (+25.5%)	$229,700 → $278,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,352 (+25.3%)	$950 → $1,112 (+17.1%)

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

Hickory Hills

Population

13,81614,718

Median household income

$65,226$85,541

Median home value

$229,700$278,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	19.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.7%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	72.9%
Black or African American	24.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	17.4%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
Drove alone	54.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.1%
Public transit	10.8%	3.6%
Walked	4.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	7.2%
Other means	2.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
1-unit, detached	29.5%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	20.2%
20 or more units	25.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Hickory Hills
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.2%
Average household size	1.95	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1949	1970