Forest View is a village in

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neighborhood of Garfield Ridge, which is on the village's southern border.

Geography

Forest View is located at (41.807379, -87.786065). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Forest View has a total area of , of which (or 90.19%) is land and (or 9.81%) is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 792 people, 361 households, and 301 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 288 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 54.17%

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, 2.02%

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, 4.42% Native American, 1.52% Asian, 0.00%

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, 20.33% from other races, and 17.55% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 48.86% of the population. There were 361 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.20% were married couples living together, 9.42% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.62% were non-families. 14.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.65% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.07 and the average family size was 3.63. The village's age distribution consisted of 31.8% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $97,321, and the median income for a family was $110,347. Males had a median income of $50,379 versus $46,000 for females. The

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for the village was $33,010. About 1.3% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the

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, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Forest View is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district.

Education

Forest View is served by Lyons School District 103. Grade school students attend Home Elementary School in neighboring Stickney, and George Washington Middle School in

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. It is served by J. Sterling Morton High School District 201's Morton West located in Berwyn as its residential areas are west of Ridgeland Avenue.

Transportation

Pace provides bus service on routes 307 and 311 connecting Forest View to destinations across the region.

References

External links

Village of Forest ViewStickney-Forest View Public Library District
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