Cornell vs Forrest

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

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

Forrest has the higher population (1,008 vs 419 in Cornell). Forrest has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $64,286 in Cornell). Forrest has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $83,800 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	Forrest
Population	419	1,008
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$70,417
Median home value	$83,800	$104,000
Median gross rent	$871	$663
Housing units	201	472
Homeownership rate	74.4%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	Forrest
Population	487 → 419 (-14.0%)	1,058 → 1,008 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $64,286 (+34.7%)	$58,839 → $70,417 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $83,800 (+11.4%)	$94,100 → $104,000 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $871 (-4.1%)	$625 → $663 (+6.1%)

Cornell

Population

487419

Median household income

$47,708$64,286

Median home value

$75,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$908$871

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)

	Cornell	Forrest
Under 5	10.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	Forrest
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	Forrest
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	43.3%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	Forrest
Drove alone	70.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.6%
Worked from home	17.3%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	Forrest
1-unit, detached	88.6%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	Forrest
Poverty rate	20.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1950	1956