Cincinnati vs Forest Park

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

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

Cincinnati has the higher population (309,595 vs 19,994 in Forest Park). Forest Park has the higher median household income ($67,201 vs $51,707 in Cincinnati). Cincinnati has the higher median home value ($215,300 vs $163,200 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
Population	309,595	19,994
Median age	33.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,707	$67,201
Median home value	$215,300	$163,200
Median gross rent	$953	$1,172
Housing units	159,731	8,131
Homeownership rate	38.9%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
Population	301,394 → 309,595 (+2.7%)	18,657 → 19,994 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$40,640 → $51,707 (+27.2%)	$55,694 → $67,201 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $215,300 (+56.0%)	$112,400 → $163,200 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $953 (+29.1%)	$972 → $1,172 (+20.6%)

Cincinnati

Population

301,394309,595

Median household income

$40,640$51,707

Median home value

$138,000$215,300

Median gross rent

$738$953

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)

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.6%
75 and over	5.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	24.2%
Black or African American	38.5%	53.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
Drove alone	66.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	13.3%
Public transit	5.7%	2.2%
Walked	5.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	7.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
1-unit, detached	38.4%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	21.4%
20 or more units	17.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cincinnati	Forest Park
Poverty rate	24.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1951	1971