Ohio · Census place 3927636

Forest, Ohio

Forest is a village in Hardin County, Ohio with an estimated 1,332 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 476th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,332
#476 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-23 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
798 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Forest. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

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Forest population, 2020 to 2024

Forest lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,353. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Forest covers 1.67 square miles of land, for 798 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Forest is less dense than the typical town.

What county Forest is in

All of Forest's residents live in Hardin County, which had 30,402 residents in 2024. Forest holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Forest

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45843. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Forest is

The Census internal point of Forest is at 40.804400, -83.514500. Columbus, the capital, is 64.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arlington, OH (1,467 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 59.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.804400, -83.514500
DMS
40°48'15.84"N 83°30'52.20"W
UTM
17N 287892.7E 4520086.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GRRF3P+Q6

Daylight in Forest

At 40.80° N, Forest gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Arlington, 9.5 miles away, with 1,467 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Forest, OH?

1,332 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.7%) from 1,355 in July 2020.

What county is Forest in?

Hardin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Forest?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45843.

How far is Forest from Columbus?

64.2 miles (103.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Forest.

What is the nearest larger city to Forest?

Arlington, OH, with 1,467 residents, 9.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.