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Forest, OH

1,286 Population
1.7 square miles 769.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardin County: 35.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,822 ±$3,297 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $32,470 ±$1,918
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,938 ±$17,712 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $62,484 ±$3,305
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±4.2% (148  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hardin County: 17.3% † 4,912 (±3.2% / ±909)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±8.5 (15,055  ±4,014) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hardin County: 23.6 312,385 (±1 / ±18,100)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

520 ±108 Number of households
  • Hardin County: 11,724 ±249
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.7 (1,286  ±260) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hardin County: 2.4 28,630 (±0.1 / ±73)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±4.7% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 4.1% † 289 (±1.7% / ±119)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

605 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Hardin County: 12,917 ±45
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,700 ±$17,477 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hardin County: $151,200 ±$9,357
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±8.2% (192  ±112.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hardin County: 13.5% † 4,053 (±2.2% / ±663.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±24.1% (778  ±130.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 92.6% 17,202 (±4.1% / ±768.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.8% ±4.7% (100  ±44.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hardin County: 19.5% † 3,625 (±2.2% / ±406.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hardin County: 1% 301
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.7% (48  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardin County: 6.6% † 1,540 (±0.9% / ±215)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±28 48 Male ±28 N/A Female ±13

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