Bath vs Forest City

A side-by-side comparison of Bath and Forest City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bath has the higher population (226 vs 225 in Forest City). Forest City has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $37,188 in Bath). Forest City has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $63,900 in Bath).

Population, income & housing

	Bath	Forest City
Population	226	225
Median age	59.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$63,125
Median home value	$63,900	$70,000
Median gross rent	$750	$920
Housing units	160	102
Homeownership rate	82.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	18.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bath	Forest City
Population	279 → 226 (-19.0%)	283 → 225 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$29,432 → $37,188 (+26.4%)	$44,688 → $63,125 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$46,500 → $63,900 (+37.4%)	$61,700 → $70,000 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $750 (+23.4%)	$713 → $920 (+29.0%)

Bath

Population

279226

Median household income

$29,432$37,188

Median home value

$46,500$63,900

Median gross rent

$608$750

Forest City

Population

283225

Median household income

$44,688$63,125

Median home value

$61,700$70,000

Median gross rent

$713$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bath	Forest City
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	3.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	3.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	27.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	24.8%	18.2%
75 and over	8.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bath	Forest City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	89.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bath	Forest City
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	54.7%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bath	Forest City
Drove alone	56.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	22.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	9.5%
Other means	4.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bath	Forest City
1-unit, detached	78.1%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Bath	Forest City
Poverty rate	15.0%	28.4%
Average household size	1.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1971	1962