Forest City vs San Jose

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

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

San Jose has the higher population (604 vs 225 in Forest City). Forest City has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $60,278 in San Jose). Forest City has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $66,300 in San Jose).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	San Jose
Population	225	604
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$60,278
Median home value	$70,000	$66,300
Median gross rent	$920	$900
Housing units	102	243
Homeownership rate	71.0%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	San Jose
Population	283 → 225 (-20.5%)	715 → 604 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,125 (+41.3%)	$56,125 → $60,278 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $70,000 (+13.5%)	$60,600 → $66,300 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $920 (+29.0%)	$694 → $900 (+29.7%)

Forest City

Population

283225

Median household income

$44,688$63,125

Median home value

$61,700$70,000

Median gross rent

$713$920

San Jose

Population

715604

Median household income

$56,125$60,278

Median home value

$60,600$66,300

Median gross rent

$694$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	San Jose
Under 5	6.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	18.2%	6.8%
75 and over	6.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	San Jose
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	San Jose
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	49.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	San Jose
Drove alone	78.4%	88.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.0%
Other means	2.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	San Jose
1-unit, detached	87.3%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
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	10.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	San Jose
Poverty rate	28.4%	21.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1962	1954