Forest Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 13,846 people and three associated neighborhoods, Forest Park is the 171st largest community in Illinois. Forest Park has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Also of interest is that Forest Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Forest Park is also a village of artists. Forest Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Forest Park’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 24.17% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Forest Park, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the village.

In Forest Park, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day though Forest Park is a relatively small village. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Forest Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Forest Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 51.50% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Forest Park in 2022 was $54,640, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $218,560 for a family of four. However, Forest Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Forest Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Forest Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Forest Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.44% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Park include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.