Forrest vs Odell

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

Forrest and Odell 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 866 in Odell). Odell has the higher median household income ($77,212 vs $70,417 in Forrest). Odell has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $104,000 in Forrest).

Population, income & housing

	Forrest	Odell
Population	1,008	866
Median age	32.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$77,212
Median home value	$104,000	$130,400
Median gross rent	$663	$993
Housing units	472	383
Homeownership rate	79.8%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forrest	Odell
Population	1,058 → 1,008 (-4.7%)	1,097 → 866 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$58,839 → $70,417 (+19.7%)	$52,083 → $77,212 (+48.2%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $104,000 (+10.5%)	$100,800 → $130,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $663 (+6.1%)	$909 → $993 (+9.2%)

Forrest

Population

1,0581,008

Median household income

$58,839$70,417

Median home value

$94,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$625$663

Odell

Population

1,097866

Median household income

$52,083$77,212

Median home value

$100,800$130,400

Median gross rent

$909$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forrest	Odell
Under 5	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.5%
75 and over	7.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forrest	Odell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.2%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forrest	Odell
No high school diploma	9.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	33.8%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forrest	Odell
Drove alone	87.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forrest	Odell
1-unit, detached	84.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Forrest	Odell
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1956	1938