Bridgetown vs Forest Park

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

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

Forest Park has the higher population (19,994 vs 13,830 in Bridgetown). Bridgetown has the higher median household income ($78,417 vs $67,201 in Forest Park). Bridgetown has the higher median home value ($177,900 vs $163,200 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
Population	13,830	19,994
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,417	$67,201
Median home value	$177,900	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,025	$1,172
Housing units	5,814	8,131
Homeownership rate	85.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
Population	14,352 → 13,830 (-3.6%)	18,657 → 19,994 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$65,886 → $78,417 (+19.0%)	$55,694 → $67,201 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $177,900 (+41.4%)	$112,400 → $163,200 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,025 (+14.7%)	$972 → $1,172 (+20.6%)

Bridgetown

Population

14,35213,830

Median household income

$65,886$78,417

Median home value

$125,800$177,900

Median gross rent

$894$1,025

Forest Park

Population

18,65719,994

Median household income

$55,694$67,201

Median home value

$112,400$163,200

Median gross rent

$972$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
Under 5	6.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	24.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	53.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
No high school diploma	5.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
Drove alone	77.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.3%
Public transit	2.2%	2.2%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
1-unit, detached	78.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	21.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgetown	Forest Park
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1962	1971