Easton vs Forest City

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

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

Easton has the higher population (286 vs 225 in Forest City). Forest City has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $62,188 in Easton). Easton has the higher median home value ($89,100 vs $70,000 in Forest City).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Forest City
Population	286	225
Median age	53.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	$63,125
Median home value	$89,100	$70,000
Median gross rent	$728	$920
Housing units	147	102
Homeownership rate	82.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	18.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Forest City
Population	309 → 286 (-7.4%)	283 → 225 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$52,778 → $62,188 (+17.8%)	$44,688 → $63,125 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $89,100 (+34.0%)	$61,700 → $70,000 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $728 (-2.9%)	$713 → $920 (+29.0%)

Easton

Population

309286

Median household income

$52,778$62,188

Median home value

$66,500$89,100

Median gross rent

$750$728

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)

	Easton	Forest City
Under 5	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	18.2%
75 and over	8.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Forest City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	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	1.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Forest City
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	47.0%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Forest City
Drove alone	97.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	1.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Forest City
1-unit, detached	92.5%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Forest City
Poverty rate	11.9%	28.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1941	1962