Forest vs Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Forest and Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest and Jefferson are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest has the higher population (281 vs 169 in Jefferson). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $68,300 in Forest). Since 2019, Forest's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs +0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Jefferson
Population	281	169
Median age	31.6 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,984
Median home value	$68,300	$145,100
Housing units	119	55
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Jefferson
Population	268 → 281 (+4.9%)	168 → 169 (+0.6%)
Median household income	—	$36,061 → $38,984 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $68,300 (-26.6%)	$133,000 → $145,100 (+9.1%)

Forest

Population

268281

Median home value

$93,000$68,300

Jefferson

Population

168169

Median household income

$36,061$38,984

Median home value

$133,000$145,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Jefferson
Under 5	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	39.9%	37.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	19.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.7%
75 and over	2.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Jefferson
No high school diploma	14.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	80.5%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	4.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Jefferson
Drove alone	100.0%	57.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	80.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Jefferson
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.84	3.07
Median year structure built	1949	1943