OBSERVATIONS ON HOW FOREST
PARK AND OAK PARK APPROACH
THE RACE ISSUE and census data that
might partially explain why
Oak Park pursues the goal of equal treatment of all races.
Forest Park pursues the goal of equal treatment of all races.
Oak Park has not reached the goal.
Forest Park has not reached the goal.
Everything I need to know about race I learned in graduate school.
Everything I need to know about race I learned in kindergarten.
Race relations are complex.
Race relations are really quite simple.
Oak Parkers are more ideological.
Forest Parkers are more pragmatic.
Oak Parkers are more politically correct.
Forest Parkers are concerned about where to send their kids
to high school, flooding in their basements and getting along
with their neighbors.
Oak Parkers think Donald Trump has serious psychological issues.
Forest Parkers won’t vote for Trump but know where he’s coming from.
In the 7/20/16 issue of the Wednesday Journal there were ten letters to the editor.
In the 7/20/16 issue of the Forest Park Review there were none.
Oak Park: 63% college degree or more
Forest Park: 39% college degree or more
Oak Park: 34% graduate degrees
Forest Park: 16% graduate degrees
Oak Park sees itself as a model to be emulated.
Forest Park doesn’t see itself as a model of anything.
Oak Park feels it has a mission to help and/or advocate
for the poor and disenfranchised in Chicago.
Forest Park doesn’t feel any mission to do the same
in Maywood (except for a few individuals).
Race Forest Park Oak Park
White 55.20% 67.70%
Black 32.35 21.65
Hispanic 9.87 6.79
Asian 5.98 4.84
Native Am. .27 .18
Oak Parkers think Donald Trump has serious psychological issues.
Forest Parkers won’t vote for Trump but know where he’s coming from.
Gay couples have been seen walking hand in hand in Oak Park.
Gay couples have been seen walking hand in hand at Forest Park’s Music Fest.
Women appear in public wearing hijabs without incident in Oak Park.
Women appear in public wearing hijabs without incident in Forest Park.
Oak Park’s population is 10.5% foreign born
Forest Park’s population is 12.7% foreign born
Forest Park Oak Park
Median Household Income $50,380 $77,760
Median age 39.5 39.3
Median home valuation $209,156 $325,434
Median rent $938 $1,022
Profession
Management 11% 17%
Sales 6 9
Office Work 11 7
Legal <6* 6
Education <6 8
*data not available
