Dwight vs Forrest

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

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

Dwight has the higher population (3,794 vs 1,008 in Forrest). Forrest has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $67,712 in Dwight). Dwight has the higher median home value ($143,200 vs $104,000 in Forrest).

Population, income & housing

	Dwight	Forrest
Population	3,794	1,008
Median age	37.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,712	$70,417
Median home value	$143,200	$104,000
Median gross rent	$992	$663
Housing units	1,679	472
Homeownership rate	69.4%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dwight	Forrest
Population	4,096 → 3,794 (-7.4%)	1,058 → 1,008 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $67,712 (+37.1%)	$58,839 → $70,417 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $143,200 (+19.3%)	$94,100 → $104,000 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $992 (+40.9%)	$625 → $663 (+6.1%)

Dwight

Population

4,0963,794

Median household income

$49,375$67,712

Median home value

$120,000$143,200

Median gross rent

$704$992

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)

	Dwight	Forrest
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	5.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.1%
75 and over	7.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dwight	Forrest
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dwight	Forrest
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dwight	Forrest
Drove alone	84.7%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dwight	Forrest
1-unit, detached	73.3%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dwight	Forrest
Poverty rate	14.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1960	1956