Forest City is a village in Mason County, Illinois, home to about 223 people across 0.5 square miles. Its ZIP code is 61532, and parts of 61567 are in Forest City too.
Mostly Forest City
Part is in Forest City, part in Goofy Ridge and Topeka
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)114 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA)23 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO121 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL152 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Forest City; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Forest City had 222 residents in the 2020 census, down 23% since 2000.
It’s the 1178th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Mason County grew from 17,491 residents in 1900 to 13,086 in 2020.
Mason County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 88°F in summer, and winter lows average 16°F. About 41.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 28 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Havana, IL weather station (12 miles away).
1,974 jobs at 255 businesses in Mason County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
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Shares ZIP codes with Goofy Ridge and Topeka.
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