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Forest City village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Forest City village is a Census village of 223 people across 0.52 square miles of land, in Mason County. Median household income is $87,813, 67.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Forest City
What Forest City is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.52 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land427 plus or minus 142
- County holding the largest share of its areaMason 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 City
How many people live in Forest City
- Population223 plus or minus 74
- Median age36.1 plus or minus 12.6
- Population under 1846 plus or minus 27
- Share under 1820.6 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Population 65 and over43 plus or minus 20
- Share 65 and over19.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households99 plus or minus 34
- Family households63 plus or minus 26
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent plus or minus 14.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest City
Income and work in Forest City
- Median household income$87,813 plus or minus $24,284
- Per capita income$34,640 plus or minus $8,444
- Civilian labor force110 plus or minus 44
- Employed90 plus or minus 40
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate18.2 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Adults 25 and over154 plus or minus 51
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.6 percent plus or minus 41.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.7 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.3 percent plus or minus 8.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest City
Housing in Forest City
- Housing units110 plus or minus 33
- Occupied units99 plus or minus 34
- Vacant units11 plus or minus 12
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Owner occupied67 plus or minus 26
- Renter occupied32 plus or minus 20
- Ownership rate67.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$86,300 plus or minus $41,096
- Median gross rent, monthly$937
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units96 plus or minus 35
- Share single family87.3 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 12
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest City
How Forest City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute83 plus or minus 39
- Commuting under 15 minutes24 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.9 percent plus or minus 21.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more33 plus or minus 17
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.8 percent
- Drove alone83.0 percent plus or minus 51.6
- Carpooled11.4 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 11.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest City
Flood risk in Forest City
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170827
- Currently effective map date01/06/12(M)
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.
Mason County, not Forest City
Mason County context, not Forest City figures
These are Mason 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 City measurements.
- Establishments in Mason County255
- Employment at those establishments, Mason County1,974
- Covered employment, Mason County2,828
- Average annual pay, Mason County$42,271
- Average weekly wage, Mason County$813
- Housing units permitted, Mason County6
- Of those, single family, Mason County6
- County product, 2024, Mason County$633,778,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mason County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mason County$43,626
Every figure in this section is published for Mason County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forest City. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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 City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forest City, Illinois?
223, in 99 households. Forest City village covers 0.52 square miles of land, which is 427 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forest City in?
Mason 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 City?
$87,813. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $86,300. Median gross rent is $937 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Forest City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Forest City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170827, 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 City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mason 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 City.
Is zoning published for Forest City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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