Harvey vs Park Forest

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

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

Park Forest has the higher population (20,898 vs 19,831 in Harvey). Park Forest has the higher median household income ($62,305 vs $41,091 in Harvey). Park Forest has the higher median home value ($106,200 vs $86,100 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	Park Forest
Population	19,831	20,898
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,091	$62,305
Median home value	$86,100	$106,200
Median gross rent	$968	$1,341
Housing units	9,381	9,015
Homeownership rate	55.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	Park Forest
Population	24,386 → 19,831 (-18.7%)	21,563 → 20,898 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$30,306 → $41,091 (+35.6%)	$53,938 → $62,305 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $86,100 (+16.8%)	$73,600 → $106,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$946 → $968 (+2.3%)	$1,211 → $1,341 (+10.7%)

Harvey

Population

24,38619,831

Median household income

$30,306$41,091

Median home value

$73,700$86,100

Median gross rent

$946$968

Park Forest

Population

21,56320,898

Median household income

$53,938$62,305

Median home value

$73,600$106,200

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	Park Forest
Under 5	3.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.2%
75 and over	7.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	Park Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	18.5%
Black or African American	57.1%	69.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	Park Forest
No high school diploma	23.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	Park Forest
Drove alone	66.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.3%
Public transit	9.4%	7.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.5%
Other means	5.4%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	Park Forest
1-unit, detached	63.7%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	25.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	9.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	Park Forest
Poverty rate	25.2%	17.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1960	1958