Forestville vs Northbrook

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

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

Forestville has the higher population (11,213 vs 10,741 in Northbrook). Forestville has the higher median household income ($93,672 vs $63,486 in Northbrook). Forestville has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $134,800 in Northbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Northbrook
Population	11,213	10,741
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,672	$63,486
Median home value	$296,000	$134,800
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,279
Housing units	5,072	4,467
Homeownership rate	64.7%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Northbrook
Population	10,415 → 11,213 (+7.7%)	10,684 → 10,741 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$76,950 → $93,672 (+21.7%)	$48,842 → $63,486 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$223,200 → $296,000 (+32.6%)	$80,800 → $134,800 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,400 (+28.9%)	$995 → $1,279 (+28.5%)

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

Northbrook

Population

10,68410,741

Median household income

$48,842$63,486

Median home value

$80,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$995$1,279

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Northbrook
Under 5	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	6.7%
75 and over	11.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Northbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	43.3%
Black or African American	4.4%	41.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Northbrook
No high school diploma	2.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	21.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Northbrook
Drove alone	69.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	14.0%
Public transit	1.1%	1.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	7.9%
Other means	2.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Northbrook
1-unit, detached	56.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	16.1%
20 or more units	21.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Northbrook
Poverty rate	5.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1981	1968