Forestdale vs Fultondale

A side-by-side comparison of Forestdale and Fultondale: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestdale and Fultondale are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fultondale has the higher population (9,753 vs 9,149 in Forestdale). Fultondale has the higher median household income ($69,127 vs $57,145 in Forestdale). Fultondale has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $150,700 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Forestdale	Fultondale
Population	9,149	9,753
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,145	$69,127
Median home value	$150,700	$181,900
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,214
Housing units	4,378	4,608
Homeownership rate	71.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestdale	Fultondale
Population	8,924 → 9,149 (+2.5%)	9,179 → 9,753 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$59,041 → $57,145 (-3.2%)	$62,825 → $69,127 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $150,700 (+22.7%)	$147,700 → $181,900 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,094 (+38.3%)	$993 → $1,214 (+22.3%)

Forestdale

Population

8,9249,149

Median household income

$59,041$57,145

Median home value

$122,800$150,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,094

Fultondale

Population

9,1799,753

Median household income

$62,825$69,127

Median home value

$147,700$181,900

Median gross rent

$993$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestdale	Fultondale
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	6.6%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestdale	Fultondale
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	50.9%
Black or African American	78.3%	35.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestdale	Fultondale
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestdale	Fultondale
Drove alone	87.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	15.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestdale	Fultondale
1-unit, detached	87.8%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Forestdale	Fultondale
Poverty rate	18.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1970	1984