Forest vs Michigantown

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

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

Michigantown has the higher population (470 vs 281 in Forest). Michigantown has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $68,300 in Forest). Since 2019, Forest's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs -20.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Michigantown
Population	281	470
Median age	31.6 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,214
Median home value	$68,300	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$963
Housing units	119	197
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Michigantown
Population	268 → 281 (+4.9%)	592 → 470 (-20.6%)
Median household income	—	$62,784 → $73,214 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $68,300 (-26.6%)	$87,000 → $125,000 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$796 → $963 (+21.0%)

Forest

Population

268281

Median home value

$93,000$68,300

Michigantown

Population

592470

Median household income

$62,784$73,214

Median home value

$87,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$796$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Michigantown
Under 5	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	39.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.4%
75 and over	2.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Michigantown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.0%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Michigantown
No high school diploma	14.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	80.5%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	4.7%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Michigantown
Drove alone	100.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Michigantown
1-unit, detached	80.7%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Michigantown
Poverty rate	11.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1949	1946