Cook County, Illinois
River Forest
| County | Cook County |
|---|---|
| Freight grouping | None on this site |
| ZIP codes | 60305 |
| Data as of | CMAP 2026 release |
River Forest is in Cook County, Illinois. Industrial land is a small share here: 0 acres, 0% of the town, in CMAP's 2023 inventory. LEHD counted 4,143 jobs located here in 2023; the 2020 Census counted 11,717 residents. The nearest intermodal rail ramp in the federal atlas is Cicero, 4.7 mi away in a straight line.
Check a load in River Forest
The Load Line takes a ZIP code, a count and a grade mix and tells you whether a pickup is likely to be paid, free or charged, with the rules shown. It opens with 60305 filled in.
Cook County price row
Price sheet coming. The Cook County row of the Chicagoland pallet price sheet will appear here once the first monthly sheet is published. Until then this page shows no prices. What the sheet will show.
Reading the numbers
With 0 industrial acres, pallets in River Forest are more likely to come from shops, contractors and small distributors. Small piles rarely pay for a truck on their own, so grouping with a neighbour or waiting until you have more usually works better.
IDES counted 4,162 private-sector jobs here in its 2025 Where Workers Work report. The two job counts measure different things (LEHD counts primary jobs, IDES counts covered private jobs), so read them as a range, not a trend.
ZIP codes that overlap River Forest: 60305. Enter one on the Load Line to see the pickup verdict for a load here.
| Industrial land (CMAP 2023) | 0 acres (0%) |
|---|---|
| Transport, utility and right-of-way land (CMAP 2023) | 340 acres |
| Total area (CMAP 2023) | 1,588 acres |
| Jobs located here (LEHD 2023) | 4,143 |
| Private-sector jobs (IDES 2025) | 4,162 |
| Residents (2020 Census) | 11,717 |
| Residents (July 2024 estimate) | 11,909 |
| Land area (Census Gazetteer) | 2.48 sq mi |
| Rail ramp: Cicero | 4.7 mi |
| Rail ramp: Northlake (Global II) | 4.9 mi |
Sources
- CMAP Community Data Snapshots 2026. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Population from the 2020 Census (P.L. 94-171); jobs located in the place from LEHD 2023 (primary jobs); private-sector jobs from IDES Where Workers Work 2025; land use from the CMAP 2023 Land Use Inventory; industrial equalized assessed value from the Illinois Department of Revenue, 2024.
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates. Subcounty resident population estimates, July 1, 2024 (file sub-est2024.csv).
- Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA relationship files. ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county land overlaps. A ZIP is listed for a town when at least 20% of the ZIP's land, or 10% of the town's land, overlaps.
- BTS National Transportation Atlas Database: Intermodal Freight Facilities, Rail TOFC/COFC. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, compiled 2018 and updated July 2022. Distances are straight-line miles from the place's internal point to the facility point.
- Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023. 1:500,000 county and place boundaries, simplified for the maps. Bordering towns are those whose boundaries come within about 0.1 mile of each other.
- Natural Earth 1:10m lakes. Lake Michigan outline for the maps. Public domain.
Last reviewed 2026-10-27. Not legal advice and not a price quote. See how the figures are built.