Forestville vs Penngrove

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Penngrove: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestville and Penngrove are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestville has the higher population (3,862 vs 2,123 in Penngrove). Penngrove has the higher median household income ($115,826 vs $105,139 in Forestville). Penngrove has the higher median home value ($1,193,100 vs $706,200 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Penngrove
Population	3,862	2,123
Median age	44.7 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,139	$115,826
Median home value	$706,200	$1,193,100
Median gross rent	$1,851	$2,454
Housing units	1,571	1,008
Homeownership rate	74.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Penngrove
Population	3,761 → 3,862 (+2.7%)	2,808 → 2,123 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $105,139 (+45.9%)	$92,843 → $115,826 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$563,700 → $706,200 (+25.3%)	$791,700 → $1,193,100 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,851 (+58.3%)	$1,588 → $2,454 (+54.5%)

Forestville

Population

3,7613,862

Median household income

$72,083$105,139

Median home value

$563,700$706,200

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,851

Penngrove

Population

2,8082,123

Median household income

$92,843$115,826

Median home value

$791,700$1,193,100

Median gross rent

$1,588$2,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Penngrove
Under 5	6.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	21.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	19.6%
75 and over	6.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Penngrove
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	65.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Penngrove
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	14.4%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Penngrove
Drove alone	76.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	22.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Penngrove
1-unit, detached	93.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Penngrove
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1968	1966