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Charleston, SC vs Park Forest, IL

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- Park Forest is 0% more densely populated than Charleston.
- People are 23.5% less likely to be married in Park Forest.
- The Median Age is 1.5 years older in Park Forest.
 Charleston, SCPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Population  Unlock21,368329,725,481
 Female Population52.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock3738.4
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 Population - 2010120,760  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock23,462285,036,114
 Population - 199080,414  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-10.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now73.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock4,307.293.4
 Land Area110.6  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Charleston, SCPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.8%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.6%6.1%
 Age 10 to 143.7%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock5.5%3.9%
 Age 18 to 205.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.1%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3420.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5410.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Charleston, SCPark Forest, ILUnited States
 White71.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock68.8%12.2%
 Asian1.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock8.3%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Charleston, SCPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Married Population44.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock32.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock65.7%50.2%
 Never Married40.3%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.8%10.8%
 Widowed5.1%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.582.60
 Households63,760  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,83480,755,759
     Married couple, w/children29.0%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock26.1%42.9%
 Non Family Households30,561  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock26.4%15.8%
     Single householder, no children10.4%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 6 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Park Forest    4 Reviews

I'm happy to share that it IS coming back. I'm very thankful we found this community. Our family (husband, wife, 1 young child) recently bought our a little house here  More

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Park Forest is beautiful, but it's going down. You can see tons of green, an excellent library, but also plenty of vacant buildings. In its hay day, it must have been  More

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Over 13 years ago

No disrespect to the remaining officials and friends from my upbringing; but, leave town. I read how Park forest continues to fight off urban decay. It's simply a  More

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