Forest City vs Longwood

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

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

Longwood has the higher population (15,952 vs 14,871 in Forest City). Forest City has the higher median household income ($84,337 vs $77,214 in Longwood). Forest City has the higher median home value ($364,900 vs $327,400 in Longwood).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Longwood
Population	14,871	15,952
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,337	$77,214
Median home value	$364,900	$327,400
Median gross rent	$1,706	$1,661
Housing units	5,835	6,388
Homeownership rate	64.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Longwood
Population	14,592 → 14,871 (+1.9%)	14,930 → 15,952 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$66,679 → $84,337 (+26.5%)	$65,805 → $77,214 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$250,900 → $364,900 (+45.4%)	$213,600 → $327,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,706 (+43.0%)	$1,226 → $1,661 (+35.5%)

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

Longwood

Population

14,93015,952

Median household income

$65,805$77,214

Median home value

$213,600$327,400

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Longwood
Under 5	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.5%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Longwood
White (non-Hispanic)	53.6%	57.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Longwood
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Longwood
Drove alone	73.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Longwood
1-unit, detached	70.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.9%
20 or more units	8.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Longwood
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1984	1980