Foreclosure Homes in Forest View, IL

Forest View is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 698 at the 2010 census. It is primarily an industrial corridor adjacent to the Chicago neighborhood of Garfield Ridge, which is on the village's southern border.

Geography

Forest View is located at 41°48′27″N 87°47′10″W (41.807379, -87.786065).

According to the 2010 census, Forest View has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.11 km²), of which 1.07 square miles (2.77 km²) (or 89.17%) is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km²) (or 10.83%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 778 people, 302 households, and 209 families residing in the village. The population density was 749.9 people per square mile (288.8/km²). There were 312 housing units at an average density of 300.7 per square mile (115.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 92.93% White, 0.39% African American, 4.76% from other races, and 1.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.41% of the population.

The top three ancestries reported in Forest View as of the 2000 census were Polish (25.9%), Czech (19.0%) and Irish (15.1%).

There were 302 households out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.