Forestville vs Friendly

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

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

Friendly has the higher population (11,673 vs 10,839 in Forestville). Friendly has the higher median household income ($136,485 vs $80,028 in Forestville). Friendly has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $324,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Friendly
Population	10,839	11,673
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,028	$136,485
Median home value	$324,700	$407,800
Median gross rent	$1,694	$2,345
Housing units	4,836	3,837
Homeownership rate	64.9%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Friendly
Population	12,342 → 10,839 (-12.2%)	10,051 → 11,673 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$68,507 → $80,028 (+16.8%)	$130,577 → $136,485 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $324,700 (+42.1%)	$320,700 → $407,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,694 (+15.6%)	$2,236 → $2,345 (+4.9%)

Forestville

Population

12,34210,839

Median household income

$68,507$80,028

Median home value

$228,500$324,700

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,694

Friendly

Population

10,05111,673

Median household income

$130,577$136,485

Median home value

$320,700$407,800

Median gross rent

$2,236$2,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Friendly
Under 5	2.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.2%
75 and over	6.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Friendly
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	6.2%
Black or African American	87.1%	55.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.2%
Asian	0.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Friendly
No high school diploma	11.5%	10.1%
High school graduate	36.5%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Friendly
Drove alone	59.8%	55.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.1%
Public transit	10.4%	6.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	24.4%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Friendly
1-unit, detached	53.4%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Friendly
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.42	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	36	40
Median year structure built	1967	1977