Forreston vs Hillcrest

A side-by-side comparison of Forreston and Hillcrest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hillcrest has the higher population (1,679 vs 1,148 in Forreston). Hillcrest has the higher median household income ($77,609 vs $68,042 in Forreston). Hillcrest has the higher median home value ($151,900 vs $116,500 in Forreston).

Population, income & housing

	Forreston	Hillcrest
Population	1,148	1,679
Median age	47.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,042	$77,609
Median home value	$116,500	$151,900
Median gross rent	$783	$1,158
Housing units	569	536
Homeownership rate	80.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forreston	Hillcrest
Population	1,549 → 1,148 (-25.9%)	1,240 → 1,679 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$54,559 → $68,042 (+24.7%)	$65,673 → $77,609 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $116,500 (+21.4%)	$124,600 → $151,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $783 (+14.6%)	$906 → $1,158 (+27.8%)

Forreston

Population

1,5491,148

Median household income

$54,559$68,042

Median home value

$96,000$116,500

Median gross rent

$683$783

Hillcrest

Population

1,2401,679

Median household income

$65,673$77,609

Median home value

$124,600$151,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forreston	Hillcrest
Under 5	2.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.4%
75 and over	11.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forreston	Hillcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	62.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forreston	Hillcrest
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.8%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forreston	Hillcrest
Drove alone	72.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	17.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forreston	Hillcrest
1-unit, detached	87.2%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forreston	Hillcrest
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.20	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1959	1979