Chatsworth vs Forrest

A side-by-side comparison of Chatsworth and Forrest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatsworth has the higher population (1,161 vs 1,008 in Forrest). Forrest has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $61,731 in Chatsworth). Forrest has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $103,000 in Chatsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Chatsworth	Forrest
Population	1,161	1,008
Median age	44.4 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,731	$70,417
Median home value	$103,000	$104,000
Median gross rent	$684	$663
Housing units	686	472
Homeownership rate	68.9%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatsworth	Forrest
Population	1,220 → 1,161 (-4.8%)	1,058 → 1,008 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$32,120 → $61,731 (+92.2%)	$58,839 → $70,417 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$65,300 → $103,000 (+57.7%)	$94,100 → $104,000 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $684 (+24.4%)	$625 → $663 (+6.1%)

Chatsworth

Population

1,2201,161

Median household income

$32,120$61,731

Median home value

$65,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$550$684

Forrest

Population

1,0581,008

Median household income

$58,839$70,417

Median home value

$94,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$625$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatsworth	Forrest
Under 5	6.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	26.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	4.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatsworth	Forrest
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatsworth	Forrest
No high school diploma	7.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	49.9%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatsworth	Forrest
Drove alone	74.5%	87.0%
Carpooled	15.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	2.5%	1.6%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatsworth	Forrest
1-unit, detached	77.1%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatsworth	Forrest
Poverty rate	15.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1961	1956