Forest Park vs Midlothian

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

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

Midlothian has the higher population (14,024 vs 14,000 in Forest Park). Forest Park has the higher median household income ($81,323 vs $67,872 in Midlothian). Forest Park has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $200,300 in Midlothian).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Midlothian
Population	14,000	14,024
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,323	$67,872
Median home value	$293,800	$200,300
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,202
Housing units	7,777	6,045
Homeownership rate	53.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Midlothian
Population	13,927 → 14,000 (+0.5%)	14,595 → 14,024 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$62,664 → $81,323 (+29.8%)	$60,160 → $67,872 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $293,800 (+25.5%)	$150,400 → $200,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,079 → $1,352 (+25.3%)	$1,034 → $1,202 (+16.2%)

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

Midlothian

Population

14,59514,024

Median household income

$60,160$67,872

Median home value

$150,400$200,300

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Midlothian
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	19.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Midlothian
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	48.3%
Black or African American	24.8%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Midlothian
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Midlothian
Drove alone	54.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.9%
Public transit	10.8%	3.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	8.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Midlothian
1-unit, detached	29.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	16.2%
20 or more units	25.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Midlothian
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.2%
Average household size	1.95	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1949	1964