Forest View vs McCook

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

Forest View and McCook 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 299 in McCook). Forest View has the higher median household income ($108,833 vs $74,464 in McCook). McCook has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $257,100 in Forest View).

Population, income & housing

	Forest View	McCook
Population	1,022	299
Median age	34.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,833	$74,464
Median home value	$257,100	$319,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,338
Housing units	307	119
Homeownership rate	99.0%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest View	McCook
Population	943 → 1,022 (+8.4%)	279 → 299 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$76,250 → $108,833 (+42.7%)	$78,438 → $74,464 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$194,900 → $257,100 (+31.9%)	$280,800 → $319,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $1,042 (-32.8%)	$1,109 → $1,338 (+20.6%)

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

McCook

Population

279299

Median household income

$78,438$74,464

Median home value

$280,800$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest View	McCook
Under 5	13.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	22.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	5.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.0%
75 and over	5.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest View	McCook
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	43.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	50.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest View	McCook
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest View	McCook
Drove alone	65.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.4%
Public transit	2.6%	12.7%
Walked	4.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest View	McCook
1-unit, detached	98.4%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	37.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest View	McCook
Poverty rate	1.7%	7.0%
Average household size	3.45	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1955	1961