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Forest, OH

1,401 Population
1.7 square miles 837.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±7.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hardin County: 35.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,963 ±$3,481 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $29,509 ±$1,633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$46,111 ±$10,969 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $58,001 ±$3,889
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

15.6% ±7.2% (219  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 18.2% † 5,153 (±2.9% / ±826)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

23.5 minutes ±3.3 (17,610  ±4,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hardin County: 24 315,995 (±1.2 / ±20,590)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

580 ±87 Number of households
  • Hardin County: 11,711 ±270
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.4 ±0.1 (1,401  ±225) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hardin County: 2.4 28,573 (±0.1 / ±73)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

6.9% ±7% (23  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hardin County: 5.4% † 388 (±1.8% / ±130)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

634 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Hardin County: 12,921 ±60
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$106,800 ±$20,525 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $134,800 ±$10,161
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

8.5% ±4.5% (118  ±64.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hardin County: 14.3% † 4,297 (±2.4% / ±710.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

91.5% ±21.3% (863  ±140.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 91.7% 17,042 (±4% / ±750.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
13.2% ±5.2% (124  ±53.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hardin County: 18.9% † 3,508 (±2.3% / ±417.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.4% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hardin County: 1.2% 350
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

4.2% ±3.1% (44  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hardin County: 7.3% † 1,717 (±1.1% / ±260)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
44 Total veterans ±33 44 Male ±33 N/A Female ±13

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