Flanagan vs Forrest

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

Flanagan 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 864 in Flanagan). Flanagan has the higher median household income ($75,104 vs $70,417 in Forrest). Forrest has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $103,900 in Flanagan).

Population, income & housing

	Flanagan	Forrest
Population	864	1,008
Median age	49.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,104	$70,417
Median home value	$103,900	$104,000
Median gross rent	$839	$663
Housing units	459	472
Homeownership rate	82.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flanagan	Forrest
Population	1,011 → 864 (-14.5%)	1,058 → 1,008 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$58,000 → $75,104 (+29.5%)	$58,839 → $70,417 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $103,900 (+9.8%)	$94,100 → $104,000 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)	$625 → $663 (+6.1%)

Flanagan

Population

1,011864

Median household income

$58,000$75,104

Median home value

$94,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$761$839

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)

	Flanagan	Forrest
Under 5	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.1%
75 and over	17.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flanagan	Forrest
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flanagan	Forrest
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	50.8%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flanagan	Forrest
Drove alone	71.5%	87.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	20.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flanagan	Forrest
1-unit, detached	80.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flanagan	Forrest
Poverty rate	10.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1950	1956