Forest View vs Golf

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

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

Forest View has the higher population (1,022 vs 548 in Golf). Golf has the higher median household income ($238,098 vs $108,833 in Forest View). Golf has the higher median home value ($957,600 vs $257,100 in Forest View).

Population, income & housing

	Forest View	Golf
Population	1,022	548
Median age	34.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,833	$238,098
Median home value	$257,100	$957,600
Housing units	307	205
Homeownership rate	99.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	69.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest View	Golf
Population	943 → 1,022 (+8.4%)	481 → 548 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$76,250 → $108,833 (+42.7%)	$237,750 → $238,098 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$194,900 → $257,100 (+31.9%)	$870,000 → $957,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $1,042 (-32.8%)	—

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

Golf

Population

481548

Median household income

$237,750$238,098

Median home value

$870,000$957,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest View	Golf
Under 5	13.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	23.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.0%
75 and over	5.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest View	Golf
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest View	Golf
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest View	Golf
Drove alone	65.4%	44.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	1.4%
Public transit	2.6%	19.6%
Walked	4.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.6%	32.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest View	Golf
1-unit, detached	98.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest View	Golf
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.0%
Average household size	3.45	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1955	1965