Forest vs Ridgeway

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

Forest and Ridgeway 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 251 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $46,111 in Forest). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $106,800 in Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Ridgeway
Population	1,401	251
Median age	37.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,111	$61,875
Median home value	$106,800	$126,700
Median gross rent	$749	$950
Housing units	634	122
Homeownership rate	75.3%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Ridgeway
Population	1,485 → 1,401 (-5.7%)	368 → 251 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$42,434 → $46,111 (+8.7%)	$60,833 → $61,875 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $106,800 (+35.9%)	$96,900 → $126,700 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $749 (+11.3%)	$421 → $950 (+125.7%)

Forest

Population

1,4851,401

Median household income

$42,434$46,111

Median home value

$78,600$106,800

Median gross rent

$673$749

Ridgeway

Population

368251

Median household income

$60,833$61,875

Median home value

$96,900$126,700

Median gross rent

$421$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Ridgeway
Under 5	2.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.2%
75 and over	3.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	43.8%	60.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Ridgeway
Drove alone	91.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	86.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	15.6%	2.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1959	1945