Illinois · Census place 1727026
Forrest, Illinois
Forrest is a village in Livingston County, Illinois with an estimated 1,019 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 648th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,019
- #648 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -24 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,568 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Forrest population, 2020 to 2024
Forrest lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Forrest covers 0.65 square miles of land, for 1,568 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Forrest is less dense than the typical town.
What county Forrest is in
All of Forrest's residents live in Livingston County, which had 35,375 residents in 2024. Forrest holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Forrest
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forrest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61741. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Forrest is
The Census internal point of Forrest is at 40.751100, -88.409700. Springfield, the capital, is 93.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairbury, IL (3,571 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 54.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.751100, -88.409700
- DMS
- 40°45'3.96"N 88°24'34.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 380995.4E 4512083.2N
- Geohash
- dp1pu4w02
- Plus code
- 86GHQH2R+C4
Daylight in Forrest
At 40.75° N, Forrest gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Forrest
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairbury, 5.6 miles away, with 3,571 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Forrest, IL?
1,019 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (2.3%) from 1,043 in July 2020.
What county is Forrest in?
Livingston County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Forrest?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61741.
How far is Forrest from Springfield?
93.6 miles (150.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Forrest.
What is the nearest larger city to Forrest?
Fairbury, IL, with 3,571 residents, 5.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.