Oak Forest
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About Oak Forest
City in Illinois, United StatesOak Forest is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The city is out 24 miles (39 km) south-southwest of downtown Chicago in Bremen Township. Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,478.
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How Oak Forest ranks
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Housing in Oak Forest
The typical Oak Forest home is worth about $304,000, up 6.1% in a year, close to the Illinois typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Oak Forest
Safety Grade A
Oak Forest reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Oak Forest
Health Grade A
Healthier than 85% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 20 are too close to call.
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