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Population in July 2007: 18,256. Population change since 2000: -4.6%
 

Males: 8,764  (48.0%)
Females: 9,492  (52.0%)
Median resident age:  33.9 years
Ohio median age:  36.2 years

Zip codes: 45240.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $58,300 (it was $49,298 in 2000)
Forest Park  $58,300
Ohio:  $46,597

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $130,500 (it was $98,100 in 2000)
Forest Park  $130,500
Ohio:  $137,800

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Races in Forest Park:

  • Black (56.3%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (36.1%)
  • Two or more races (2.2%)
  • Asian Indian (1.8%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
  • Other race (1.0%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)
  • Other Asian (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Forest Park: 89.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (14.5%), Irish (6.6%), English (5.8%), United States (3.7%), Subsaharan African (2.8%), French (1.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1968

Land area: 6.51 square miles.

Population density: 2805 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Forest Park

  • High school or higher: 88.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Forest Park city

  • Never married: 29.3%
  • Now married: 52.1%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 5.5%
  • Divorced: 11.4%

1,105 residents are foreign born (3.1% Asia, 1.1% Africa, 0.8% Latin America, 0.6% Europe).

This city:  5.7%
Ohio:  3.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Forest Park:  1.5% ($1,440)
Ohio:  1.2% ($1,271)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Hamilton, OH (8.2 miles , pop. 60,690).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Cincinnati, OH (10.5 miles , pop. 331,285).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (279.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Greenhills, OH (1.2 miles ), Pleasant Run Farm, OH (2.2 miles ), Springdale, OH (2.6 miles ), Pleasant Run, OH (3.3 miles ), Fairfield, OH (3.5 miles ), Mount Healthy Heights, OH (3.6 miles ), Glendale, OH (4.0 miles ), Woodlawn, OH (4.2 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 34 buildings, average cost: $108,000
  • 1997: 23 buildings, average cost: $133,000
  • 1998: 15 buildings, average cost: $145,600
  • 1999: 84 buildings, average cost: $99,300
  • 2000: 37 buildings, average cost: $105,100
  • 2001: 1 building, cost: $184,900
  • 2002: 5 buildings, average cost: $155,000
  • 2003: 16 buildings, average cost: $168,800
  • 2004: 11 buildings, average cost: $179,500
  • 2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $173,100
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $160,000
  • 2007: 3 buildings, average cost: $151,000

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Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 39.29 N, Longitude: 84.52 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -542 (-2.8%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 1,218 (12.0%)


86 people in nursing homes
5 people in other group homes

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Forest Park, Ohio business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: +906 (+4.9%).


Historical population

Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Computer specialists (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
  • Engineers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Customer service representatives (3%)


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Crime in Forest Park by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Murders 00010
    per 100,000 0.00.00.05.30.0
Rapes 587108
    per 100,000 25.640.936.553.343.5
Robberies 2826212529
    per 100,000 143.6132.8109.5133.1157.7
Assaults 587129
    per 100,000 25.640.936.563.948.9
Burglaries 89968985124
    per 100,000 456.5490.3463.9452.7674.3
Thefts 533546514421647
    per 100,000 2733.62788.62679.32242.23518.4
Auto thefts 4940494843
    per 100,000 251.3204.3255.4255.6233.8
Arson 42532
    per 100,000 20.510.226.116.010.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 230.1242.9229.4247.8298.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 41 (34 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.86
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Forest Park, Ohio

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Forest Park-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Ohio state average. It is 90% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 8.8 miles away from the Forest Park city center killed 3 people and injured 210 people.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 7.9 miles away from the city center killed 2 people and injured 39 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Forest Park:
  • MERCY HOSPITAL HAMILTON-FAIRFI (about 4 miles; FAIRFIELD, OH)
  • DRAKE CENTER INC (about 7 miles; CINCINNATI, OH)
  • PAULINE WARFIELD LEWIS CENTER (about 9 miles; CINCINNATI, OH)

Political contributions by individuals in Forest Park, OH

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Forest Park:
  • CINCINNATI MUNI AIRPORT LUNKEN FIELD (about 15 miles; CINCINNATI, OH; ID: LUK)
  • CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL (about 20 miles; COVINGTON/CINCINNATI, OH, KY; ID: CVG)
  • JAMES M COX DAYTON INTL (about 48 miles; DAYTON, OH; ID: DAY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Forest Park:
  • BUTLER CO RGNL (about 5 miles; HAMILTON, OH; ID: HAO)
  • CINCINNATI-BLUE ASH (about 11 miles; CINCINNATI, OH; ID: ISZ)
  • MAYS (about 16 miles; NEWTOWN, OH; ID: 1W4)

Amtrak stations near Forest Park:
  • 8 miles: HAMILTON (M. L. KING BLVD AT HENRY ST.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 13 miles: CINCINNATI (1301 WESTERN AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, paid long-term parking, taxi stand.

Local government website: www.forestpark.org

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Forest Park:
  • UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI-MAIN CAMPUS (about 9 miles; CINCINNATI, OH; Full-time enrollment: 22,355)
  • CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; CINCINNATI, OH; FT enrollment: 3,972)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI-RAYMOND WALTERS COLLEGE (about 11 miles; BLUE ASH, OH; FT enrollment: 2,266)
  • XAVIER UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; CINCINNATI, OH; FT enrollment: 4,977)
  • MIAMI UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 18 miles; OXFORD, OH; FT enrollment: 15,704)
  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY; FT enrollment: 9,668)
  • WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 37 miles; DAYTON, OH; FT enrollment: 11,734)

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Notable locations in Forest Park: Sharon Road Industrial Area (A), Kemper Meadow Business Center (B), Crossway Industrial Park (C), Interstate Industrial Park (D), Kanter Office Park (E), Cincinnati Mills (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Centers: Civic Center Plaza Shopping Center (1), Cobblewood Plaza Shopping Center (2), Forest Park Plaza Shopping Center (3), Forest Park Square Shopping Center (4), Promenade Shopping Center (5), Central Park Plaza Shopping Center (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Forest Park include: Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit (A), Forest Chapel United Methodist Church (B), Forest Park Christian Church (C), Saint Matthias Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Forest Park include: Forestview Park (1), Central Park (2), Kemper Meadow Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
Ohio:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  69.8%
Whole state:  67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.5%
Whole state:  5.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  6.0%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  2.8%
Whole state:  4.8%

Forest Park compared to Ohio state average:

Forest Park, Ohio environmental map by EPA

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  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • House age below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Hamilton County Ohio:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Solid Waste Management 1$4,109$49,3081$1,928
Streets and Highways 11$40,310$43,9751$1,379
Correction 0$0 1$1,065
Firefighters 25$96,398$46,27122$20,681
Police - Other 6$15,837$31,6742$3,038
Judicial and Legal 1$2,863$34,3560$0
Other Government Administration 8$36,850$55,2758$3,808
Financial Administration 10$35,732$42,8781$1,227
Other and Unallocable 17$58,704$41,4381$841
Housing and Community Development(Local) 1$3,317$39,8041$970
Police Protection - Officers 34$149,611$52,8040$0
Sewerage 2$10,612$63,6720$0
Parks and Recreation 1$3,015$36,1800$0
Totals for Government 117$457,357$46,90838$34,937


Forest Park government finances in 2006:
  • Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $468,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $560,000
    All Other: $519,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $3,922,000
    Local Fire Protection: $3,228,000
    General - Other: $2,272,000
    Regular Highways: $1,141,000
    Financial Administration: $828,000
    Central Staff Services: $622,000
    General Public Buildings: $571,000
    Parks and Recreation: $433,000
    Sewerage: $312,000
    Housing and Community Development: $287,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $178,000
    Health - Other: $35,000
  • DISCONTINUED for 2005 (Formerly: Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue): $1,055,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $262,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $211,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,055,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,021,000
  • Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $559,000
    Interest Earnings: $346,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $288,000
    Fines and Forfeits: $135,000
    Sale of Property: $2,000
  • NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,496,000
    Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,475,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $304,000
    Sewerage: $299,000
    Regular Highways: $263,000
    Police Protection: $245,000
    Local Fire Protection: $152,000
    Parks and Recreation: $125,000
    General Public Building: $104,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000
    Housing and Community Development: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $10,779,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $1,250,000
  • Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,104,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $636,000
    All Other: $625,000
    General Local Government Support: $261,000
  • Tax - Individual Income: $6,240,000
    Property: $4,472,000
    Other License: $222,000
  • Total Salaries and Wages: $5,345,000

4.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,301 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.89%
Ohio average:  5.31%

0.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,041 average AGI)
Hamilton County:  0.18%
Ohio average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Butler County, OH  0.83% ($34,804 average AGI)
from Clermont County, OH  0.53% ($36,332)
from Warren County, OH  0.32% ($48,861)


6.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($55,002 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.12%
Ohio average:  5.79%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($530 average AGI)
Hamilton County:  0.07%
Ohio average:  0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Butler County, OH  1.14% ($42,153 average AGI)
to Clermont County, OH  0.69% ($46,636)
to Warren County, OH  0.49% ($58,790)


Strongest AM radio stations in Forest Park:
  • WCKY (1360 AM; 5 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCNW (1560 AM; daytime; 5 kW; FAIRFIELD, OH)
  • WSAI (1530 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCIN (1480 AM; 5 kW; CINCINNATI, OH)
  • WKRC (550 AM; 5 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WMOH (1450 AM; 1 kW; HAMILTON, OH; Owner: THE MIAMI RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBOB (1160 AM; 5 kW; FLORENCE, KY; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNOP (740 AM; 1 kW; NEWPORT, KY; Owner: SACRED HEART RADIO, INC.)
  • WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WDBZ (1230 AM; 1 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WTSJ (1050 AM; 1 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Forest Park:
  • WMOJ (94.9 FM; FAIRFIELD, OH; Owner: WVAE LICO, INC.)
  • WGRR (103.5 FM; HAMILTON, OH; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WRRM (98.5 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: WRRM LICO, INC)
  • WAKW (93.3 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: PILLAR OF FIRE)
  • WUBE-FM (105.1 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WGUC (90.9 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: CINCINNATI CLASSICAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • WOFX-FM (92.5 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKRQ (101.9 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WKFS (107.1 FM; MILFORD, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WVMX (94.1 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WEBN (102.7 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WVXU (91.7 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: XAVIER UNIVERSITY)
  • WYGY (96.5 FM; LEBANON, OH; Owner: WVAE LICO, INC.)
  • WIZF (100.9 FM; ERLANGER, KY; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES II, LTD.)
  • WMKV (89.3 FM; READING, OH; Owner: LIFESPHERE)
  • WAIF (88.3 FM; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: STEPCHILD RADIO OF CINCINNATI, INC.)
  • WLHS (89.9 FM; WEST CHESTER, OH; Owner: LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  • WPFB-FM (105.9 FM; MIDDLETOWN, OH; Owner: RADIO STATIONS WPAY/WPFB, INC.)
  • WHSS (89.5 FM; HAMILTON, OH; Owner: HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  • WHKO (99.1 FM; DAYTON, OH; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Forest Park:
  • WLWT (Channel 5; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: OHIO/OKLAHOMA HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC)
  • WCPO-TV (Channel 9; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WXIX-TV (Channel 19; NEWPORT, KY; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)
  • WSTR-TV (Channel 64; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: WSTR LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WCET (Channel 48; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: THE GREATER CINCINNATI TV EDUC'L. FOUNDATION)
  • WKRC-TV (Channel 12; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS CO.)
  • WBQC-CA (Channel 25; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: ELLIOTT B. BLOCK)
  • WOTH-LP (Channel 35; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: ELLIOTT B. BLOCK)
  • WKOI (Channel 43; RICHMOND, IN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING OF INDIANA, INC.)
  • WPTO (Channel 14; OXFORD, OH; Owner: GREATER DAYTON PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WHIO-TV (Channel 7; DAYTON, OH; Owner: WHIO-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WDTN (Channel 2; DAYTON, OH; Owner: WDTN BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WPTD (Channel 16; DAYTON, OH; Owner: GREATER DAYTON PUBLIC TV, INC.)
  • WKEF (Channel 22; DAYTON, OH; Owner: WKEF LICENSEE L.P.)
  • WRGT-TV (Channel 45; DAYTON, OH; Owner: WRGT LICENSEE, LLC)
  • W61DE (Channel 61; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WCVN-TV (Channel 54; COVINGTON, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)


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