Forestville vs Largo

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

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

Largo has the higher population (11,753 vs 10,839 in Forestville). Largo has the higher median household income ($106,875 vs $80,028 in Forestville). Largo has the higher median home value ($362,200 vs $324,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Largo
Population	10,839	11,753
Median age	42.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,028	$106,875
Median home value	$324,700	$362,200
Median gross rent	$1,694	$2,138
Housing units	4,836	5,340
Homeownership rate	64.9%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Largo
Population	12,342 → 10,839 (-12.2%)	10,961 → 11,753 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$68,507 → $80,028 (+16.8%)	$87,482 → $106,875 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $324,700 (+42.1%)	$283,900 → $362,200 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,694 (+15.6%)	$1,690 → $2,138 (+26.5%)

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

Largo

Population

10,96111,753

Median household income

$87,482$106,875

Median home value

$283,900$362,200

Median gross rent

$1,690$2,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Largo
Under 5	2.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	3.6%
Black or African American	87.1%	87.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Largo
No high school diploma	11.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Largo
Drove alone	59.8%	51.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.4%
Public transit	10.4%	12.4%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	24.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Largo
1-unit, detached	53.4%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	21.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	31.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Largo
Poverty rate	10.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1967	1982