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Forest Park is a small city of 20,025 people in Hamilton County, Ohio. It's about 10 miles from Cincinnati, OH. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 15 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $190k and rent runs about $1k a month.
20,025people
$190kTypical home
$1,306/moRent
86° / 38°Summer / winter
15"Snow
220Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 20,025
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,105 people per sq mi
- 10 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 10 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $190k (≈$1,201/mo)
- Median rent $1,306/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 220 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 145 cloudy days a year
- 51 of 90 winter days are gray
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- 15" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (271 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,185 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 31% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to LUK airport
- 18 mi to CVG (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 876 ft
- 390 mi to the ocean
- 169 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 22 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 101 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,449 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 316 bars within 25 mi
- 394 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 9 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 71 museums within 25 mi
- 25 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Ohio districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hamilton County: D+15 in 2024
- Ohio: R+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk