Home values, rents and more in Park Forest, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Park Forest compares
The typical home in Park Forest, IL is worth about $160,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Park Forest are 55% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 56% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Park Forest rose 5.4%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,857 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 14% below the Chicago metro area ($2,163) and 4% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $61,072, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 21,156 people live in Park Forest (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Park Forest has the 14th-lowest typical home value of the 326 cities in the Chicago metro area and the 354th-lowest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cook County, IL · Chicago metro area · Illinois
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.