Forest Park vs Norwood

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

Forest Park and Norwood 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 19,023 in Norwood). Forest Park has the higher median household income ($67,201 vs $64,724 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median home value ($228,300 vs $163,200 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Norwood
Population	19,994	19,023
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,201	$64,724
Median home value	$163,200	$228,300
Median gross rent	$1,172	$925
Housing units	8,131	9,892
Homeownership rate	55.8%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Norwood
Population	18,657 → 19,994 (+7.2%)	19,883 → 19,023 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$55,694 → $67,201 (+20.7%)	$45,581 → $64,724 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$112,400 → $163,200 (+45.2%)	$135,200 → $228,300 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,172 (+20.6%)	$748 → $925 (+23.7%)

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

Norwood

Population

19,88319,023

Median household income

$45,581$64,724

Median home value

$135,200$228,300

Median gross rent

$748$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Norwood
Under 5	4.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	23.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.1%
75 and over	5.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	74.1%
Black or African American	53.9%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Norwood
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Norwood
Drove alone	74.0%	68.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.4%
Public transit	2.2%	3.8%
Walked	1.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Norwood
1-unit, detached	64.1%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	27.6%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	13.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Norwood
Poverty rate	10.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1971	1938