Forest vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,601 vs 281 in Forest). Rossville has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $68,300 in Forest). Since 2019, Forest's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs +3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Rossville
Population	281	1,601
Median age	31.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,657
Median home value	$68,300	$177,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,017
Housing units	119	599
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Rossville
Population	268 → 281 (+4.9%)	1,544 → 1,601 (+3.7%)
Median household income	—	$51,935 → $68,657 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $68,300 (-26.6%)	$120,900 → $177,200 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)

Forest

Population

268281

Median home value

$93,000$68,300

Rossville

Population

1,5441,601

Median household income

$51,935$68,657

Median home value

$120,900$177,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Rossville
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	39.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.9%
75 and over	2.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Rossville
No high school diploma	14.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	80.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	4.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Rossville
Drove alone	100.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Rossville
1-unit, detached	80.7%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Rossville
Poverty rate	11.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1949	1981