River Forest, Indiana

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

23

people, the 565th-largest of Indiana's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Indiana's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $887 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Madison County.

• $769 Tract 108
• $1,656 Tract 107

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 100% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 11% less than Indiana's.

$193,800

median home value in River Forest.

• $193,800 River Forest
• $218,200 Indiana
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year