Forest vs Mount Victory

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

Forest and Mount Victory 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 601 in Mount Victory). Mount Victory has the higher median household income ($52,321 vs $46,111 in Forest). Mount Victory has the higher median home value ($126,000 vs $106,800 in Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Mount Victory
Population	1,401	601
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,111	$52,321
Median home value	$106,800	$126,000
Median gross rent	$749	$920
Housing units	634	296
Homeownership rate	75.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Mount Victory
Population	1,485 → 1,401 (-5.7%)	616 → 601 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$42,434 → $46,111 (+8.7%)	$42,969 → $52,321 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $106,800 (+35.9%)	$87,100 → $126,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $749 (+11.3%)	$709 → $920 (+29.8%)

Forest

Population

1,4851,401

Median household income

$42,434$46,111

Median home value

$78,600$106,800

Median gross rent

$673$749

Mount Victory

Population

616601

Median household income

$42,969$52,321

Median home value

$87,100$126,000

Median gross rent

$709$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Mount Victory
Under 5	2.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.0%
75 and over	3.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Mount Victory
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Mount Victory
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Mount Victory
Drove alone	91.4%	93.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Mount Victory
1-unit, detached	86.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Mount Victory
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1959	1953