ForestvilleOH
Today 10,831 people live in this town, first settled in 1878.
Is Forestville a good place to live?
Forestville grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns. That places it 112th of 987 in Ohio. Its best grade is for schools: its schools outperform 93% of the state's. The drawback is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $317K, 3.9 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. On walkability, just 140 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. On health, just 70 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Only 148 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Forestville stand out
Where Forestville beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Forestville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 15.3% |
How Forestville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Forestville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kings Island and 53 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Forestville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
10 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw34 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
10 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Forestville: who provides what
Forestville is unincorporated, so Hamilton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Forestville.
Forestville has less tooth loss than most of Ohio and trades workers with Cincinnati and other neighbors, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Forestville stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its adults feel lonely
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 6.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide.
30% of Forestville adults have obesity, below both Ohio’s towns (38%) and U.S. towns (35%). For adults in the town, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 13%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Forestville is ahead of Ohio on 22 and behind on 1.
| Forestville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Forestville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: very low risk in Forestville, mostly inland flooding
In Forestville, the FEMA hazard score is 13 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 46% come from inland flooding and 25% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.2% of Forestville is conserved land
Walkers can cover 1.1 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The density of trails in Forestville is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Forestville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veterans Park | 0.6 mi | 12 |
| 2. Anderson Center Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
| 3. Bauer Preserve | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Forestville has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 23°, with about 23 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Forestville’s working residents commute to Cincinnati
Forestville has about as many jobs (5,516) as working residents, but only 257 people both live and work here.
Employers in Forestville shed 863 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 5,516. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 5% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: among residents locally, 4.5% live below the poverty line, whereas in Forestville, the middle household income is $98,000, above both the Ohio town median ($75,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Forestville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median home in Forestville sells for about $365K
58.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.9% across Ohio. The median property tax bill is $5,686, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A home in Forestville typically sold within 37 days of listing. In Forestville, the median rent is $1,613 a month. Nearly two thirds of households are owner-occupiers locally.
| Forestville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,613 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Forestville
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Forestville
About 5 of every 100 Forestville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Forestville
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Forestville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,615 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 820 ft
Forestville’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Forestville.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forestville | #112 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Fruit Hill | #51 | A+ | C | — | A | A |
| Sherwood | #15 | A+ | B− | — | A | A |
| Dry Run | #126 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Cherry Grove | #43 | A+ | C | — | A | A |
| Coldstream | — | — | C | — | A | A+ |
| Turpin Hills | #106 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Salem Heights | #3 | A+ | B | — | A | A |
Coldstream has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Forestville, Fruit Hill, Sherwood, Dry Run, Cherry Grove, Coldstream, Turpin Hills and Salem Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Forestville with a neighbor →
Questions about Forestville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Forestville, OH a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Forestville grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #112 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Forestville, OH expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $317,000, 29% above the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.