Is Forest View a good place to live?
Only 5 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Forest View. Forest View has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Forest View stand out
Where Forest View beats most towns.
763 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Soldier Field and 153 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Forest View. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw10 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw9 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Forest View: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Forest View, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Forest View.
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Forest View than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
0.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Forest View, below both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). 2.1% of working residents work locally in Forest View. Jobs based in Forest View grew to 1,715 in 2023, 168 more than in 2013.
| Forest View | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 0.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Forest View, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 2014, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Forest View.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Forest View
Forest View has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Forest View
4 crimes were reported in Forest View in 2025: 3 property and 1 violent. In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
Forest View is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
How healthy Forest View is
Forest View beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 18% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Forest View, against 7.9% in Illinois’ towns and 8.1% across U.S. towns. 24% of Forest View adults worry about having enough food.
| Forest View | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 18% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Forest View | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 17.8% | 9.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.4% | 10.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 23.7% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Forest View are worth about $303K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Forest View home is worth about $303,000, up 4.7% in a year, close to the Illinois typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Forest View Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Forest View
Colleges nearby
53 within 15 miles of the center of Forest View
About 6 of every 100 Forest View residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Every workday, about 1,707 people come to Forest View for work
Where Forest View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Forest View
Village in Illinois, United States
Forest View is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 792. It is primarily an industrial corridor adjacent to the Chicago neighborhood of Garfield Ridge, which is on the village's southern border.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1924
- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Area code
- 708
Questions about Forest View
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Forest View, IL a good place to live?
Forest View has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.