Best PlacesForest View, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest View, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Forest View ranks 34,758th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forest View
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Forest View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest View ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Forest View ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forest View
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,405, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Forest View's effective rate of 2.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Forest View
Forest View runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Forest View.
Who works in Forest View, and how
Work in Forest View centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Forest View
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Forest View.
What the weather is like in Forest View, month by month
Forest View sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Forest View
Chicago Midway International sits about 3 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Forest View
Schools across Forest View average a D−, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Charles J Sahs Elem SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Byrne Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Home Elem SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Reavis High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest View measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Forest View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forest View
Is Forest View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest View ranks 34,758th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forest View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,950. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $90,405 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Forest View safe?
Forest View is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $556 per resident a year.
Compare Forest View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest View represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Forest View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest View detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.