Forest Lake

10 closed between January 1 and November 9, 2026, from $395,600 to $648,000, median $490,000. Findlay as a whole ran $250,000 over the same dates.

Median 46 days from list to contract, against 49 for Findlay. 1 listed right now at a median asking price of $475,000.

Closings in Findlay this year fell mostly in Findlay City School District, Liberty-Benton Local School District, Van Buren Local School District. The parcel record decides for a specific address, and attendance zones inside a district move.

About $8 a month (billed $100 annually), as entered on 10 MLS listings in Forest Lake this year, 90% of them within 20% of that figure. Individual listings run from $8 to $100 a month, so sections and condo buildings inside Forest Lake differ. The fee covers maintenance grounds, as listed by the agents. The association sets the fee and bills it on its own schedule; confirm the current amount with the association or the listing before you write.

Forest Lake closed at a median $490,000 on 10 sales between January 1 and November 9, 2026, a median 46 days on the market (a small sample). Nearby neighborhoods over the same period: Lakeview Park Estate 1St Addn. $552,500 on 12 sales, 54 days, Hillcrest Estates 1St Addn. $455,000 on 9 sales, 55 days, Country Club Acres 4Th Addn. $348,000 on 9 sales, 41 days and Hunter's Creek $321,126 on 8 sales, 34 days. Per finished square foot: Forest Lake $203, Lakeview Park Estate 1St Addn. $212, Hillcrest Estates 1St Addn. $194, Country Club Acres 4Th Addn. $150 and Hunter's Creek $190. Same source, same dates; the differences are what buyers paid, not a grade.

Homes that closed in Forest Lake between January 1 and November 9, 2026 sold for a median $203 per finished square foot, against $160 for Findlay over the same dates. Price per foot rewards small homes and punishes big ones, so use it to compare Forest Lake with the next neighborhood, not to price one house.

The homes that sold in Forest Lake between January 1 and November 9, 2026 were built in a median year of 2002. The roof, furnace and windows on a specific house are on its inspection report, not here.

Of the 10 homes that sold in Forest Lake between January 1 and November 9, 2026, 10 were single-family homes, as the MLS records the property type.

The median lot among the homes that sold in Forest Lake between January 1 and November 9, 2026 was 0.31 acres, about 13,504 square feet, as listing agents entered it. The county auditor's parcel record has the exact dimensions for a specific address.

3 homes closed in Forest Lake in the 90 days to November 9, 2026, at a median of $460,000 after a median 63 days on market. The year-to-date median is $490,000 on 10 sales.

None of the 11 homes that sold this year or are listed now in Forest Lake sit inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, the 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance, on the current flood map. The flood map is drawn by the parcel, so check the specific address on FEMA's Map Service Center before you write an offer. Mapped November 10, 2026.

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

Measured in a straight line from the center of the homes that sold there, Forest Lake is about 42 miles from downtown Toledo, about 44 miles from ProMedica Toledo Hospital, about 41 miles from University of Toledo Medical Center and about 39 miles from Toledo Express Airport. Those are map distances, not drive times; traffic on the specific route decides the commute, and I will drive it with you at the hour you would.

Forest Lake is in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, ZIP code 45840, with this year's closings falling in the Findlay City School District and Liberty-Benton Local School District and Van Buren Local School District. The subdivision name is the one the MLS records on each listing; the county parcel record settles any address.

The Census reports on towns and ZIP codes, not on Forest Lake itself. Findlay, the town around Forest Lake, had 40,287 residents in 17,986 households, median age 38, in the 2020-2024 American Community Survey. It counts 19,200 housing units, 63% of them single-family detached houses.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter)

The Census reports on towns and ZIP codes, not on Forest Lake itself. The median household in Findlay, the town around Forest Lake earned $61,423 a year (2020-2024 ACS, in that period's dollars). 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied; the median gross rent is $975 a month.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter)

The Census reports on towns and ZIP codes, not on Forest Lake itself. Owners in Findlay, the town around Forest Lake put the median value of their homes at $191,000 in the 2020-2024 survey. That is an owner's estimate averaged over five years, not a sale price; the MLS median that actually closed this year is $490,000. The median home there was built in 1971.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter)

The Census reports on towns and ZIP codes, not on Forest Lake itself. 84% of workers living in Findlay, the town around Forest Lake got to work in under 30 minutes (2020-2024 ACS). That is the residents' own reported travel time, not a drive-time estimate for any address.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter)