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Forest Park village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Forest Park village is a Census village of 13,943 people across 2.40 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $77,221, 52.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 18 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.8 m.
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Forest Park
What Forest Park is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area2.4 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,806
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest Park
How many people live in Forest Park
- Population13,943
- Median age40.0
- Population under 182,272 plus or minus 504
- Share under 1816.3 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Population 65 and over2,651
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households7,085
- Family households3,079
- Share of households that are families43.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Forest Park
- Median household income$77,221
- Per capita income$54,640
- Civilian labor force7,841
- Employed7,492
- Unemployed349 plus or minus 175
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over10,718
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Forest Park
- Housing units7,649
- Occupied units7,085
- Vacant units564 plus or minus 226
- Vacancy rate7.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Owner occupied3,743
- Renter occupied3,342
- Ownership rate52.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$304,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,367
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.2 percent
- Single family units2,706
- Share single family35.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,931
- Share in buildings of two or more64.5 percent
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1949
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Forest Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,609
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,234 plus or minus 324
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.0 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,793
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.8 percent
- Drove alone54.5 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport5.6 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Walked6.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Worked from home24.2 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Forest Park (7(a))
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$8,764,200
- Average approval$486,900
- Median approval$120,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,853,700
- Largest approval$1,940,000
- Jobs supported187
- Jobs per approval10.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.6 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Forest Park
SBA loans in Forest Park (504)
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$9,507,000
- Average approval$731,308
- Median approval$362,000
- Largest approval$3,400,000
- Jobs supported152
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Forest Park
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170092
- Currently effective map date08/19/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cook County, not Forest Park
Cook County context, not Forest Park figures
These are Cook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Forest Park measurements.
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Employment at those establishments, Cook County2,492,328
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Average weekly wage, Cook County$1,672
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
- Of those, single family, Cook County1,142
- County product, 2024, Cook County$546,440,623,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cook County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cook County$91,691
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forest Park. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Forest Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forest Park, Illinois?
13,943, in 7,085 households. Forest Park village covers 2.40 square miles of land, which is 5,806 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forest Park in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Forest Park?
$77,221. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $304,700. Median gross rent is $1,367 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Forest Park businesses?
18 7(a) approvals totalling $8.8 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $120,000, plus 13 504 approvals worth $9.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Forest Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Forest Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Forest Park. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Forest Park in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Forest Park appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170092, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Forest Park figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Forest Park.
Is zoning published for Forest Park?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.