In Park Forest, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Park Forest use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Park Forest‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The percentage of people in Park Forest who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.04% of adults in Park Forest have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Park Forest in 2018 was $26,590, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,360 for a family of four. However, Park Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Park Forest is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Park Forest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Park Forest residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Park Forest include German, African, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Park Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
