Dunkirk vs Forest

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

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

Forest has the higher population (1,401 vs 806 in Dunkirk). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($47,031 vs $46,111 in Forest). Forest has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $101,200 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Forest
Population	806	1,401
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$46,111
Median home value	$101,200	$106,800
Median gross rent	$807	$749
Housing units	387	634
Homeownership rate	66.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Forest
Population	714 → 806 (+12.9%)	1,485 → 1,401 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $47,031 (+28.3%)	$42,434 → $46,111 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $101,200 (+45.0%)	$78,600 → $106,800 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $807 (+34.9%)	$673 → $749 (+11.3%)

Dunkirk

Population

714806

Median household income

$36,667$47,031

Median home value

$69,800$101,200

Median gross rent

$598$807

Forest

Population

1,4851,401

Median household income

$42,434$46,111

Median home value

$78,600$106,800

Median gross rent

$673$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Forest
Under 5	6.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.4%
75 and over	5.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Forest
No high school diploma	8.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	54.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Forest
Drove alone	84.2%	91.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Forest
1-unit, detached	85.8%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Forest
Poverty rate	10.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1948	1959