Fern Park vs Forest City

A side-by-side comparison of Fern Park and Forest City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fern Park and Forest City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest City has the higher population (14,871 vs 8,593 in Fern Park). Forest City has the higher median household income ($84,337 vs $60,828 in Fern Park). Forest City has the higher median home value ($364,900 vs $321,400 in Fern Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Park	Forest City
Population	8,593	14,871
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,828	$84,337
Median home value	$321,400	$364,900
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,706
Housing units	3,983	5,835
Homeownership rate	57.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Park	Forest City
Population	8,694 → 8,593 (-1.2%)	14,592 → 14,871 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$60,199 → $60,828 (+1.0%)	$66,679 → $84,337 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$219,800 → $321,400 (+46.2%)	$250,900 → $364,900 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,440 (+27.3%)	$1,193 → $1,706 (+43.0%)

Fern Park

Population

8,6948,593

Median household income

$60,199$60,828

Median home value

$219,800$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,440

Forest City

Population

14,59214,871

Median household income

$66,679$84,337

Median home value

$250,900$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Park	Forest City
Under 5	6.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	21.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Park	Forest City
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	53.6%
Black or African American	6.5%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Park	Forest City
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Park	Forest City
Drove alone	74.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	15.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Park	Forest City
1-unit, detached	50.9%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	12.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fern Park	Forest City
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1974	1984