Orestes vs River Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Orestes and River Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Orestes and River Forest are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orestes has the higher population (290 vs 11 in River Forest). River Forest has the higher median household income ($193,750 vs $53,750 in Orestes). River Forest has the higher median home value ($316,700 vs $85,600 in Orestes).

Population, income & housing

	Orestes	River Forest
Population	290	11
Median age	34.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$193,750
Median home value	$85,600	$316,700
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	127	5
Homeownership rate	58.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orestes	River Forest
Population	566 → 290 (-48.8%)	12 → 11 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$50,074 → $53,750 (+7.3%)	$119,375 → $193,750 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $85,600 (+50.7%)	$193,800 → $316,700 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $842 (+13.3%)	—

Orestes

Population

566290

Median household income

$50,074$53,750

Median home value

$56,800$85,600

Median gross rent

$743$842

River Forest

Population

1211

Median household income

$119,375$193,750

Median home value

$193,800$316,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orestes	River Forest
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	27.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	27.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	27.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	0.0%
75 and over	5.5%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orestes	River Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	90.9%
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	4.5%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orestes	River Forest
No high school diploma	6.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orestes	River Forest
Drove alone	76.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orestes	River Forest
1-unit, detached	73.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orestes	River Forest
Poverty rate	34.1%	18.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1950	1945