Forestville vs Reading

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

Forestville and Reading 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 10,490 in Reading). Forestville has the higher median household income ($93,672 vs $60,167 in Reading). Forestville has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $184,200 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Reading
Population	11,213	10,490
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,672	$60,167
Median home value	$296,000	$184,200
Median gross rent	$1,400	$871
Housing units	5,072	5,110
Homeownership rate	64.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Reading
Population	10,415 → 11,213 (+7.7%)	10,353 → 10,490 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$76,950 → $93,672 (+21.7%)	$56,137 → $60,167 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$223,200 → $296,000 (+32.6%)	$129,400 → $184,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,400 (+28.9%)	$726 → $871 (+20.0%)

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

Reading

Population

10,35310,490

Median household income

$56,137$60,167

Median home value

$129,400$184,200

Median gross rent

$726$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Reading
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.7%
75 and over	11.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	82.1%
Black or African American	4.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Reading
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Reading
Drove alone	69.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	16.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Reading
1-unit, detached	56.3%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	21.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Reading
Poverty rate	5.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1981	1955