Forest View vs Phoenix

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

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

Phoenix has the higher population (1,284 vs 1,022 in Forest View). Forest View has the higher median household income ($108,833 vs $25,703 in Phoenix). Forest View has the higher median home value ($257,100 vs $86,300 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Forest View	Phoenix
Population	1,022	1,284
Median age	34.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,833	$25,703
Median home value	$257,100	$86,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,010
Housing units	307	738
Homeownership rate	99.0%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	23.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest View	Phoenix
Population	943 → 1,022 (+8.4%)	1,884 → 1,284 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$76,250 → $108,833 (+42.7%)	$36,906 → $25,703 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$194,900 → $257,100 (+31.9%)	$75,100 → $86,300 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $1,042 (-32.8%)	$907 → $1,010 (+11.4%)

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

Phoenix

Population

1,8841,284

Median household income

$36,906$25,703

Median home value

$75,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest View	Phoenix
Under 5	13.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.5%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest View	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	1.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	75.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest View	Phoenix
No high school diploma	4.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest View	Phoenix
Drove alone	65.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	13.1%
Public transit	2.6%	2.5%
Walked	4.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest View	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	98.4%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest View	Phoenix
Poverty rate	1.7%	23.8%
Average household size	3.45	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1955	1962