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Vallejo, CA vs Park Forest, IL

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- Park Forest is 0% more densely populated than Vallejo.
- People are 26.4% less likely to be married in Park Forest.
- The Median Age is 2.8 years younger in Park Forest.
 Vallejo, CAPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Population  Unlock21,368329,725,481
 Female Population51.2%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.8%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock3738.4
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 Population - 2010116,118  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock23,462285,036,114
 Population - 1990109,199  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-10.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now10.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock4,307.293.4
 Land Area30.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vallejo, CAPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.6%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock5.5%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.1%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.2%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Vallejo, CAPark Forest, ILUnited States
 White23.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock68.8%12.2%
 Asian22.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.7%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock8.3%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vallejo, CAPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Married Population46.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock32.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock65.7%50.2%
 Never Married36.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.8%10.8%
 Widowed5.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.582.60
 Households43,883  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,83480,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock26.1%42.9%
 Non Family Households14,322  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock26.4%15.8%
     Single householder, no children13.5%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  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 12 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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