Forest Park vs White Oak

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

Forest Park and White Oak 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 18,845 in White Oak). White Oak has the higher median household income ($71,789 vs $67,201 in Forest Park). White Oak has the higher median home value ($190,900 vs $163,200 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	White Oak
Population	19,994	18,845
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,201	$71,789
Median home value	$163,200	$190,900
Median gross rent	$1,172	$942
Housing units	8,131	8,203
Homeownership rate	55.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	White Oak
Population	18,657 → 19,994 (+7.2%)	19,271 → 18,845 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$55,694 → $67,201 (+20.7%)	$65,711 → $71,789 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$112,400 → $163,200 (+45.2%)	$148,800 → $190,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,172 (+20.6%)	$815 → $942 (+15.6%)

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

White Oak

Population

19,27118,845

Median household income

$65,711$71,789

Median home value

$148,800$190,900

Median gross rent

$815$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	White Oak
Under 5	4.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	5.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	72.3%
Black or African American	53.9%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	White Oak
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	White Oak
Drove alone	74.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.5%
Public transit	2.2%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	White Oak
1-unit, detached	64.1%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	17.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	White Oak
Poverty rate	10.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1971	1968