Dent vs Forestville

A side-by-side comparison of Dent and Forestville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dent has the higher population (12,097 vs 11,213 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($93,672 vs $82,635 in Dent). Forestville has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $258,600 in Dent).

Population, income & housing

	Dent	Forestville
Population	12,097	11,213
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,635	$93,672
Median home value	$258,600	$296,000
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,400
Housing units	5,040	5,072
Homeownership rate	80.1%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dent	Forestville
Population	11,332 → 12,097 (+6.8%)	10,415 → 11,213 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$80,786 → $82,635 (+2.3%)	$76,950 → $93,672 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$198,200 → $258,600 (+30.5%)	$223,200 → $296,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,101 (+22.3%)	$1,086 → $1,400 (+28.9%)

Dent

Population

11,33212,097

Median household income

$80,786$82,635

Median home value

$198,200$258,600

Median gross rent

$900$1,101

Forestville

Population

10,41511,213

Median household income

$76,950$93,672

Median home value

$223,200$296,000

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dent	Forestville
Under 5	9.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.8%
75 and over	8.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dent	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dent	Forestville
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	26.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dent	Forestville
Drove alone	82.9%	69.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	14.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dent	Forestville
1-unit, detached	51.6%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dent	Forestville
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1993	1981