Forestdale vs Pleasant Grove

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

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

Pleasant Grove has the higher population (9,502 vs 9,149 in Forestdale). Pleasant Grove has the higher median household income ($68,344 vs $57,145 in Forestdale). Pleasant Grove has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $150,700 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
Population	9,149	9,502
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,145	$68,344
Median home value	$150,700	$189,100
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,153
Housing units	4,378	3,807
Homeownership rate	71.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
Population	8,924 → 9,149 (+2.5%)	9,651 → 9,502 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$59,041 → $57,145 (-3.2%)	$70,526 → $68,344 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $150,700 (+22.7%)	$157,400 → $189,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,094 (+38.3%)	$1,134 → $1,153 (+1.7%)

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

Pleasant Grove

Population

9,6519,502

Median household income

$70,526$68,344

Median home value

$157,400$189,100

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
Under 5	4.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.4%
75 and over	7.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	29.3%
Black or African American	78.3%	67.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
Drove alone	87.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
1-unit, detached	87.8%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Forestdale	Pleasant Grove
Poverty rate	18.5%	19.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1970	1986